Ludwig of Nassau-Dillenburg
Ludwig von Nassau-Dillenburg (born January 20, 1538 , † April 14, 1574 at Mook en Middelaar ) was a Dutch general . He was the third son of Count Wilhelm von Nassau-Dillenburg and brother of Wilhelm I of Orange .
Life
Ludwig came to the head of the Geusen and was ostracized by the Duke of Alba in 1567 . He then fled to Germany , invading the province of Groningen from East Friesland in 1568 . Here he defeated the Spaniards on May 23rd at the Battle of Heiligerlee , where he lost his younger brother Adolf . On July 21st, however, he was defeated by Duke Alba at the Battle of Jemgum on the Ems .
Ludwig later fought alongside the Huguenots in France and invaded the Netherlands with their help in 1572 . He took Mons on May 25, but had to hand over the city to the Duke of Alba on September 19. He was also able to conquer the city of Bergen , which was captured by the Spaniards on September 6, 1572, and Ludwig was captured.
In 1574 Ludwig again invaded the Netherlands. However, he was defeated on April 14th on the Mooker Heide and, like his brother Heinrich , was killed in this battle .
literature
- Gerhard Menk : Ludwig, Count of Nassau. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 402 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Pieter Lodewijk Muller : Ludwig, Count of Nassau-Katzenellenbogen . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, pp. 563-565.
- Uwe Schögl (Red.): Orange. 500 years of portraits of a dynasty from the portrait collection of the Austrian National Library, Vienna and the Dutch Royal Collection The Hague. (Exhibition from February 1 to March 19, 2002, Camineum of the Austrian National Library, Vienna). Austrian National Library et al., Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-01-000028-6 , p. 120.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Illustration by Frans Hogenberg from 1576: Now that Bergen has been named, the von Alba also got Count Ludwich in his hant und gwalt, ... ( digitized version )
- ^ Siegerländer Heimatkalender 1966, p. 96 "Milestones from the Siegerland past" by Adolf Müller, Verlag für Heimatliteratur
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ludwig of Nassau-Dillenburg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nassau-Dillenburg, Ludwig Graf von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Nassau-Katzenelnbogen and Dutch general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1538 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 1574 |
| Place of death | at Mook en Middelaar |