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	5 September 1621 to 3 February 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 Érsekújvár Neu Titschein Battle of Tyrnau Mingolsheim Wimpfen Höchst Fleurus Heidelberg Mannheim Frankenthal Hodonín Stadtlohn Genoa Peasants' War in Upper Austria Dessau Bridge Lutter am Barenberge Stralsund Wolgast Swedish landing Frankfurt Magdeburg Werben 1st Breitenfeld Bamberg Rain Wiesloch Nuremberg Alte Veste Fürth Lützen Oldendorf Pfaffenhofen Steinau Konstanz 1st Breisach 1st Rheinfelden Battle of Liegnitz (1634) 1st Nördlingen Willstätt Les Avins Avesnes Leuven Ray-sur-Saône Battle of Dömitz Battle of Haselünne Tornavento Somme Wittstock Hanau 2nd Rheinfelden Fuenterrabía Vlotho 2nd Breisach Battle of Wittenweiher 1st Freiberg Chemnitz Melnik Thionville Saint Omer Salses Cambrils Montjuïc Battle of Preßnitz São Filipe Plauen La Marfée Dorsten Battle of Wolfenbüttel (1641) Honnecourt Kempen Schweidnitz 2nd Breitenfeld Klingenthal 2nd Freiberg Rocroi Tuttlingen Kolding Lister Dyb Colberger Heide Freiburg Fehmarn Jüterbog Bysjön Jankau Brno Mergentheim 2nd Nördlingen Battle of Triebl Neapolitan Revolt Zusmarshausen Lens Wevelinghoven Battle of Dachau 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 5 September 1621 and 3 February 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 3 February, 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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