Siege of Grave (1586)

Siege of Grave (1586)
Part of the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)

The Siege of Grave in 1586 by Don Alejandro Farnesio – engraving by Michelangelo Cerquozzi
DateEarly April – 7 June 1586
Location51°45′33.120″N 5°44′17.880″E / 51.75920000°N 5.73830000°E / 51.75920000; 5.73830000
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
United Provinces
 England
 Spain
Commanders and leaders
Robert Dudley
Philip of Hohenlohe
Maarten Schenck
Alexander Farnese
Peter of Mansfeld
Juan del Águila
Location within Netherlands
Siege of Grave (1586) (North Sea)

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 Hemart, Governor of Grave, during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604).