Siege of Groenlo
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Siege of Grol may refer to:
- The capture of Grol (Groenlo) in 1580 by Count Rennenberg (first Spanish occupation)
- The Siege of Grol (Groenlo) in 1595Siege of Groenlo (1595)The Siege of Grol or Groenlo in 1595 was a siege of Groenlo by States forces under Maurice of Nassau during the Eighty Years' War in an attempt to capture it from the Spanish Empire. It lasted from 14 to 24 July 1595, ending with the arrival of a Spanish relief force under Cristóbal de Mondragón...
by Maurice of Orange (unsuccessful) - The Siege of Grol (Groenlo) in 1597Siege of Groenlo (1597)The Siege of Groenlo was a siege of Groenlo by Dutch forces under Maurice of Nassau during the Eighty Years' War. It lasted from 11 to 28 September 1597 and ended in the town's capture from its Spanish garrison. It followed an unsuccessful Dutch siege by Maurice in 1595 and formed part of Maurice's...
by Maurice of Orange - The first Siege of Grol (Groenlo) in 1606, by Ambrogio Spinola
- The second Siege of Grol (Groenlo) in 1606, by Maurice of Orange (unsuccessful)
- The Siege of Grol (Groenlo) in 1627Siege of Groenlo (1627)The Siege of Grol in 1627 was a battle between the Army of the Dutch Republic commanded by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and the Spanish controlled fortified city of Grol , during the Eighty Years War in 1627. The Spanish army led by Hendrik van den Bergh came to relieve Grol, but it came too...
by Frederick HenryFrederick Henry, Prince of OrangeFrederick Henry, or Frederik Hendrik in Dutch , was the sovereign Prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel from 1625 to 1647.-Early life:... - The Siege of Grol (Groenlo) in 1672Siege of Groenlo (1672)The Siege of Groenlo was a 10-day siege of the Dutch town of Groenlo from 1 to 10 June 1672 by the combined forces of France, the Elector of Cologne and the Prince-Bishop of Münster during the Franco-Dutch War...
by Bernhard von GalenBernhard von GalenChristoph Bernhard Freiherr von Galen was prince-bishop of Münster. He was born into a noble Westphalian family....
, prince-bishop of Münster - The Slag om GrolleSlag om GrolleThe Slag om Grolle is a regular historical reenactment of the siege of the fortified border town of Groenlo in the Achterhoek in 1627 during the Dutch Revolt. It is held in and around Groenlo itself every two years...
, the reenactment of the 1627 Siege, held every few years