page_title: Siege of Eindhoven (1583)
section_title: Consequences
hierarchical_section_title: Siege of Eindhoven (1583) / Consequences
context_page_description: The Siege of Eindhoven, also known as the Capture of Eindhoven of 1583, took place between 7 February and 23 April 1583 at Eindhoven, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War. On 7 February 1583 a Spanish force sent by Don Alexander Farnese, Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands, commanded by Karl von Mansfeld and Claude de Berlaymont, laid siege to Eindhoven, an important and strategic city of Brabant held by Dutch, Scottish, and French soldiers under the States' commander Hendrik van Bonnivet. After three months of siege, and the failed attempts by the States-General to assist Bonnivet's forces, the defenders surrendered to the Spaniards on 23 April.
  With the capture of Eindhoven, the Spanish forces made great advances in the region, and gained the allegiance of the majority of the towns of northern Brabant. The Spanish victory too, increased the crisis between Francis, Duke of Anjou and the States-General, despite the efforts of Prince William of Orange in preserving the fragile alliance between Anjou and the States-General by the Treaty of Plessis-les-Tours.
context_section_description: With the conquest of Eindhoven, Parma's forces made great advances in the region, and gained the allegiance of the majority of the towns of northern Brabant. The Spanish victory also increased the crisis between the Duke of Anjou and the States-General. Anjou laid the blame for the fall of Eindhoven on the States, while the States were fed up with his ambitions, and the inefficiency and slowness of his troops. However, the Prince of Orange, a strong supporter of the alliance, reiterated that they could not hope to defeat Parma without French aid.
  Biron moved his army to the north of Roosendaal, between Breda and Bergen op Zoom, where he intended lay siege to Wouw. On 17 June, and after the capture of Diest by the Spaniards on 27 May, his forces were seriously defeated by the Spanish army led by Parma at Steenbergen. The clear superiority of the Spanish Army of Flanders, the lack of pay, and the differences between the French troops (mostly Catholics), and the Dutch and English troops (mostly Protestants), ended with hundreds of desertions among Biron's troops. Meanwhile, the position of Anjou became impossible to hold with the States, and he eventually left the Netherlands in late June.  His departure also discredited William of Orange, his main supporter, who nevertheless maintained his support for Anjou.
  The pace of the Spanish advance continued, and Dunkirk was the new target of the Prince of Parma. On 16 July the bombardment began, and by late summer the city was captured by the Spanish forces, along with Nieuwpoort, despite the efforts, once more, of the Prince of Orange to relieve the besieged forces.
caption: Governor-General Don Alexander Farnese by Otto van Veen.
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