Siege of Jülich (1621–22)

For the siege of the town in 1610, see Siege of Jülich (1610).

Siege and taking of Jülich, 1621-1622, engraved by the workshop of Frans Hogenberg, 1622-1624

Siege of Jülich

Part of the Eighty Years' War and the Thirty Years' War

The Surrender of Jülich circa 1635 by Jusepe Leonardo, oil on canvas. Museo del Prado.

Date	September 5, 1621 to February 3, 1622
Location	Jülich (present-day Germany)
Result	Spanish victory

Belligerents

Dutch Rebels

Spain

Commanders and leaders

Frederik Pithan

Maurice, Prince of Orange

Ambrosio Spinola

Hendrik van den Bergh

Casualties and losses

3,000 surrendered^[1]

unknown, minor

Dutch Revolt
(Eighty Years' War)

Western Europe

European Waters

Americas

East Indies

Thirty Years' War

Pilsen Lomnice Sablat Wisternitz Humenné Bad Kreuznach Oppenheim Bacharach White Mountain Neu Titschein Mingolsheim Wimpfen Höchst Fleurus Heidelberg Mannheim Frankenthal Stadtlohn Dessau Bridge Lutter am Barenberge Stralsund Wolgast Swedish landing Frankfurt Magdeburg Werben 1st Breitenfeld Bamberg Rain Wiesloch Alte Veste Fürth Lützen Oldendorf Steinau Konstanz 1st Breisach 1st Rheinfelden 1st Nördlingen Willstätt Les Avins Leuven Somme Wittstock 2nd Rheinfelden Fuenterrabía Vlotho 2nd Breisach Chemnitz Thionville Saint Omer Salses La Marfée Honnecourt 2nd Breitenfeld Klingenthal Rocroi Tuttlingen Freiburg Jüterbog Jankau Brno Mergentheim 2nd Nördlingen Triebl Zusmarshausen Lens Prague

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Palatinate campaign

Bad Kreuznach Oppenheim Bacharach Mingolsheim Wimpfen Höchst Heidelberg Mannheim Frankenthal Stadtlohn

The Siege of Jülich was a siege that took place between September 5, 1621 and February 3, 1622, during the Palatinate campaign of the Thirty Years' War. After five months of siege the Spanish army under Ambrosio Spinola took the Dutch-occupied fortress of Jülich, compelling its garrison to surrender.

Surrender and aftermath

The defenders, some 3,000 men, surrendered on February 3, after five months of siege. Cardinal de la Cueva in Brussels had reported to the king that "han sentido mucho los olandeses la pérdida de Juliers" (the Dutch greatly regret the loss of Jülich).^[1]

In line with her instructions to appoint Spaniards rather than Spanish Netherlanders as military governors of towns conquered from the Dutch, the Archduchess Isabella named Don Diego de Salcedo, reportedly a persona de muy buenas partes as governor of Jülich.^[1]

Notes

1 2 3 Israel p.35-36

References

Irvine Israel, Jonathan (1997). Conflicts of empires: Spain, the Low Countries and the struggle for world supremacy, 1585-1713. Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-85285-161-3.
Wilson, Peter H. (2009). The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-03634-5.

Coordinates: 50°55′30″N 6°21′36″E / 50.925°N 6.360°E / 50.925; 6.360

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