Habsburg–Dutch conflicts in the Low Countries

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The Habsburg–Dutch conflicts in the Low Countries were a series of protracted wars and uprisings, most notably the Eighty Years’ War, in which the Dutch provinces fought to end Habsburg Spanish rule and secure their political and religious independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern European conflict
historical conflict
series of wars
cause Calvinist opposition to Catholic rule
opposition to Spanish taxation
religious tensions between Protestants and Catholics
resistance to Habsburg centralization
conflictType civil war
dynastic conflict
religious conflict
war of independence
endEvent Peace of Münster
endResult decline of Spanish power in the Low Countries
emergence of the Dutch Republic
recognition of Dutch independence
goal end Habsburg Spanish rule in the Low Countries
secure political independence for the Dutch provinces
secure religious freedom for Protestants in the Low Countries
hasPart Dutch Revolt
linked to: Eighty Years' War

Eighty Years’ War
linked to: Eighty Years' War

Eighty Years’ War truce period
linked to: Eighty Years' War

Fall of Antwerp (1585)
Iconoclastic Fury
Siege of Antwerp (1584–1585)
linked to: siege of Antwerp

Siege of Haarlem
Siege of Leiden
Spanish Fury at Antwerp
Twelve Years’ Truce
linked to: Twelve Years' Truce

Union of Arras–Union of Utrecht split
historicalRegion Seventeen Provinces
involvedActor Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma
Duke of Alba
Dutch States Army
Spanish Army of Flanders
linked to: Army of Flanders

States General of the Netherlands
William the Silent
location Habsburg Netherlands
Low Countries
border regions of northern France
present-day Belgium
present-day Luxembourg
present-day Netherlands
mainBelligerent Dutch provinces
Dutch rebels
Habsburg Monarchy
Habsburg Netherlands
Seventeen Provinces
Spanish Empire
opponentOf Philip II of Spain
Spanish Habsburg dynasty
linked to: Habsburg Spain
relatedTo Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
Counter-Reformation
Reformation
Thirty Years’ War
linked to: Thirty Years' War
significantEvent Act of Abjuration (1581)
linked to: Act of Abjuration

Iconoclastic Fury of 1566
Pacification of Ghent (1576)
Peace of Münster (1648)
Twelve Years’ Truce (1609–1621)
linked to: Twelve Years' Truce

Union of Arras (1579)
linked to: Union of Arras

Union of Utrecht (1579)
linked to: Union of Utrecht

arrival of the Duke of Alba in 1567
establishment of the Council of Troubles
outbreak of the Dutch Revolt in 1566
startPeriod mid-16th century
timeframe approximately 1566–1648

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Francisco de Valdez conflict Habsburg–Dutch conflicts in the Low Countries
Battle of Jemmingen warTheater Low Countries theater of the Eighty Years' War
linked to: Habsburg–Dutch conflicts in the Low Countries
Relief of Flanders during the Eighty Years' War partOf Habsburg military operations in the Low Countries
linked to: Habsburg–Dutch conflicts in the Low Countries
Sack of Mechelen (1572) partOfSeries Spanish Furies in the Low Countries
linked to: Habsburg–Dutch conflicts in the Low Countries