Francisco de Mendoza
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Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza (baptized August 21, 1550 in Balmaseda , † March 1, 1623 in Madrid ), Admiral of Aragón , was the Spanish commander in chief in the Eighty Years' War against the rebellious Netherlands .
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In 1598 Albrecht VII of Austria commissioned Admiral Mendoza with the supreme command of the Spanish army. He was commissioned to conduct a campaign against the United Netherlands. " The admiral, who escaped from a noble Spanish house, was considered a great general, but his pride and hard temper made him hateful, and his bigoted piety was often even an object of ridicule for his subordinates ".
After several attempts to take action against the Dutch, the situation in the autumn of 1598 was so deadlocked that due to the balance of power neither Mendoza nor Prince Moritz of Orange could force a decision. Mendoza's troops took their winter quarters there under the pretext of preventing the Dutch from occupying the Münsterland and the county of Mark. The events of the Spanish winter of 1598/99 took their course.
On July 2, 1600, the Dutch troops under Moritz von Orange and the Spanish-Habsburg troops under Archduke Albrecht met in the dunes near Nieuwpoort . A total of 6,000 soldiers fell on both sides, the Catholic troops were defeated, Francisco de Mendoza was taken prisoner.
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further reading
- J. Buisman, AFV van Engelen: Duizend jaar weer, wind en water in de Lage Landen . Part 4: 1575-1675. Franeker: Van Wijnen, 1998, ISBN 90-51941-43-9
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mendoza, Francisco de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mendoça, Francisco de; Mendoza, Francisco Hurtado de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish general in the Eighty Years War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized August 21, 1550 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Balmaseda |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 1623 |
| Place of death | Madrid |