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The Destruction of Neuss occurred in July 1586, during the Cologne War. Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma's troops surrounded the city of Neuss, an important Protestant garrison in the Electorate of Cologne. After the city refused to capitulate, Parma's army reduced the city to rubble through a combination of artillery fire ...
- July 1586, concluded 26 July 1586
- Victory for Ernest of Bavaria
- Neuss
La distruzione di Neuss fu uno scontro che si svolse nel luglio del 1586 presso la città di Neuss nel corso della guerra di Colonia e come parte della guerra degli ottant'anni. Alessandro Farnese con le sue truppe accerchiò la città di Neuss, una piazzaforte di rilievo per i protestanti nell'elettorato di Colonia. Dopo che la ...
After the destruction of Neuss in 1586, and the loss of most of the southern part of the Electorate in 1587, Rheinberg and its environs were the only territories of the Electorate he could claim, and much of this slipped from his grasp in 1588.
- 1583-1588 (5 years)
- Roman Catholic victory
- Electorate of Cologne
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Destruction of Neuss occurred in July 1586, during the Cologne War. Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma's troops surrounded the city of Neuss, an important Protestant garrison in the Electorate of Cologne.
- July 1586, concluded 26 July 1586
- Victory for Ernest of Bavaria
- Neuss
The siege of Neuss, from 1474–75, [1] was linked to the Cologne Diocesan Feud and part of the Burgundian Wars. The siege, led by Charles the Bold against the Imperial City of Neuss, was unsuccessful. Charles was compelled by the approach of a powerful Imperial army to raise the siege.
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 (present-day the Netherlands), 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 ...
Nevertheless, by 7 June the Siege of Grave (1586) was a fait accompli. On the other hand, fortunately for Alexander, who became Duke upon his father's death in 1586, the poorly supplied English forces, sent by Elizabeth I, were duly defeated by the Duke's forces.
