Siege of Coevorden (1592)
The siege of Coevorden was a siege that took place between 26 July and 2 September 1592 during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War at the city of Coevorden by a Dutch and English force under overall command of Maurice of Nassau. The city was defended by Frederik van den Bergh who had been commissioned for the defence by King Philip II of Spain.
Siege of Coevorden,1592, print by Johannes Janssonius
Siege of Coevorden in 1592 from the Atlas van Loon
Maurice of Nassau, by Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt
Francisco Verdugo by Hillebrant van Wouw
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
The Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) was an intermittent conflict between the Habsburg Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of England that was never formally declared. It began with England's military expedition in 1585 to what was then the Spanish Netherlands under the command of the Earl of Leicester, in support of the Dutch rebellion against Spanish Habsburg rule.
English ships and the Spanish Armada, 8 August 1588, unknown artist
Philip II of Spain
Elizabeth I of England
Siege of Grave in 1586