What the records say
- When
- Feb 1586 – 7 Jun 1586
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 51.76° N, 5.74° E
- Description
- 1586 siege during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War
Siege of Grave (1586)
1586 siege during the Eighty Years' War
The siege of Grave, also known as the capture of Grave of 1586, took place from mid-February to 7 June 1586 at Grave, Duchy of Brabant, Low Countries, between the Spanish army led by Governor-General Don Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma, and the Dutch-States and English forces under Baron Peter van Hemart, Governor of Grave, during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604).
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