Battle of Jodoigne

When

20 Oct 1568

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

50.72° N, 4.87° E

Description

1568 battle

1568 battle of the Dutch Revolt

The Battle of Jodoigne, also called Battle of the River Guete, was fought on 20 October 1568 between the royal Habsburg army led by the Duke of Alba and a Protestant rebel army led by William of Orange. It resulted in a defeat for William of Orange, who had to abandon his plans of invading the Habsburg Netherlands.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Jodoigne: Spanish forces under the Duke of Alba destroy William the Silent's rearguard and William abandons his offensive”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “l'offensive de Guillaume le Taciturne est brisée par les forces espagnoles à Jodoigne”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en los Países Bajos se libra la batalla de Jodoigne entre las tropas españolas de Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y los rebeldes holandeses de Guillermo de Orange”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Eighty Years' War2 Jun 1568 · Civil war