Siege of Grave (1586)

Siege of Grave (1586)
	Part of the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
	; The Siege of Grave in 1586 by Don Alejandro Farnesio – engraving by Michelangelo Cerquozzi
Date	Early April – 7 June 1586
Location	Grave, North Brabant, Low Countries; (present-day the Netherlands)51°45′33.120″N 5°44′17.880″E / 51.75920000°N 5.73830000°E
Result	Spanish victory
Belligerents
United Provinces; England	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Robert Dudley; Philip of Hohenlohe; Maarten Schenck	Alexander Farnese; Peter of Mansfeld; Juan del Águila
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Netherlands Siege of Grave (1586) (North Sea)

The siege of Grave, also known as the capture of Grave of 1586, took place from mid-February to 7 June 1586 at Grave, Duchy of Brabant, Low Countries (present-day the Netherlands), between the Spanish army led by Governor-General Don Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma, and the Dutch-States and English forces under Baron Peter van Hemart, Governor of Grave, during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604).^[1]^[2]