page_title: Caspar de Robles
section_title: Military life
hierarchical_section_title: Caspar de Robles / Military life
context_page_description: Caspar de Robles or Gaspard di Robles, also known as Billy in Artois, was Stadholder of Friesland and Groningen at the beginning of the Eighty Years' War.
context_section_description: On 17 May 1568, de Robles landed with 1800 Walloon soldiers under his leadership in Harlingen. Six days later he was defeated by Louis of Nassau in the Battle of Heiligerlee, together with the Spanish army of Jean de Ligne, Duke of Aremberg, who was killed.
  De Robles then took part in the victorious battle of Jemmingen against the Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, who only just managed to escape. Consequently, De Robles became Stadtholder of Frisia and prevented the uprising of the Frisian cities which had only limited defences. He supported Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo with 1000 Walloon soldiers during the siege of Haarlem. On 23 May 1573, he was slightly injured by a musket shot.
caption: Battle of Heiligerlee
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