Siege of Lier (1582)
| Siege of Lier (1582) | |||||||
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| Part of the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Provinces England |
 Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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William Semple (Desertion)[3] |
Alexander Farnese | ||||||
The siege of Lier of 1582, also known as the capture of Lier or betrayal of Lier, took place between 1 and 2 August 1582 at
States-General at Antwerp, where the sense of insecurity was obvious, and many of the Protestant citizens sold their houses and fled to northern Flanders.[7]
The consequences of Semple's action were considerable because Liere was a strategic position, regarded as "the bulwark of
Jesuit Famiano Strada, handsomely rewarded him.[8]
The next Spanish success was on 17 November, when the Spaniards led by Johann Baptista von Taxis (Spanish: Juan Baptista de Taxis) captured Steenwijk (taken by Dutch States forces on 23 February 1581)[9] forcing the Protestant troops to surrender.[10]
See also
- Siege of Eindhoven (1583)
- Fall of Antwerp
- States-General of the Netherlands
- List of governors of the Spanish Netherlands
Notes
- ^ a b Rebellion, Repression, Reinvention: Mutiny in Comparative Perspective. Jane Hathaway p.49
- ^ Scots in Habsburg Service: 1618 - 1648. D. C. Worthington p.68
- ^ a b c d Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 51. William Semple by Thomas Graves Law.
- ^ a b George Daniel Ramsay p.189
- ^ a b European Warfare 1494-1660. Jeremy Black p.110
- ^ The Road to Rocroi: Class, Culture and Command in the Spanish Army of Flanders 1567-1659. Fernando González de León p.115
- ^ Ramsay p.189
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 51.
- ^ Tony Jaques p.969
- ^ Tracy pp.83–84
References
- ISBN 978-0-415-27531-6
- Black, Jeremy. War in the World: A Comparative History, 1450-1600. First published 2011 by Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 978-0-230-29858-3
- Jane Hathaway. Rebellion, Repression, Reinvention: Mutiny in Comparative Perspective. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data. USA. ISBN 0-275-97010-8
- D. C. Worthington. Scots in Habsburg Service: 1618 - 1648. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data. Printed in the Netherlands. ISBN 90-04-13575-8
- George Daniel Ramsay. The Queen's Merchants and the Revolt of the Netherlands: The End of the Antwerp mart, Vol II. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-1849-8
- ISBN 978-0-19-160728-8.
- Jaques, Tony. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity Through the Twenty-first Century. Greenwood Press. 2006. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5
External links
- Engraving of the Siege of Lier of 1582 by Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.