Battle of Zutphen

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The Battle of Zutphen was a 1586 engagement during the Eighty Years' War in which English and Dutch forces fought the Spanish near Zutphen, remembered especially for the mortal wounding of the poet-soldier Sir Philip Sidney.

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instanceOf battle
military engagement
associatedWith Dutch Revolt
linked to: Eighty Years' War

Elizabeth I of England
belligerent Dutch rebels
English forces
Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Spain
Spanish Empire
United Provinces
causeOfDeath Sir Philip Sidney
combatantStrength Dutch infantry
English cavalry
Spanish tercios
commander Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Sir John Norris
conflict Eighty Years' War
country Spanish Netherlands
date 22 September 1586
era 16th century
followedBy Siege of Deventer (1586–1587)
historicalPeriod Early Modern period
languageOfPrimarySources Dutch
English
Spanish
location Gelderland
Spanish Netherlands
Zutphen
near Zutphen
militaryObjective relief of Spanish-held Zutphen
notableEvent mortal wounding of Sir Philip Sidney
notableParticipant Sir Philip Sidney
opponent English-Dutch forces
Spanish forces
partOf Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
Eighty Years' War
precededBy English intervention in the Netherlands (1585)
rememberedFor English literary and cultural significance
chivalric conduct of Sir Philip Sidney
result Spanish victory
theater Low Countries
typeOfEngagement cavalry action
field battle
year 1586

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Sir Philip Sidney battle Battle of Zutphen