War of the Jülich Succession
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The War of the Jülich Succession, also known as the Jülich War or the Jülich-Cleves Succession Crises, was a war of succession in the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. The first phase of the war l
John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, portrayed in 1605, was already marked by his serious mental illness.
Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and a member of House Hohenzollern. He would be a leading figure in Brandenburg's attempts to acquire the duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, and served as Johann Sigismund's representative in the duchies.
Archduke Leopold V of Further Austria, Bishop of Passau and Strasbourg
King Henry IV of France was a leading supporter of the Protestant Princes in the first phase of the Jülich War
Siege of Jülich (1621–1622)
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The siege of Jülich was a major operation in the second phase of the Eighty Years' War that took place from 5 September 1621 to 3 February 1622. A few months after the Twelve Years' Truce between the
The Siege of Jülich during the winter
Allegoric print of Petrus Peckius the Younger giving the Dutch Republic a choice between peace and war, by Daniël van den Bremden.
Count Hendrik van den Bergh, by Otto van Veen, 1618.
The Surrender of Jülich (1635), by Jusepe Leonardo.