Siege of Breda (1637)

Siege of Breda (1637)
Part of the Eighty Years' War
Surrender of Breda by Johannes Hinderikus Egenberger.
Date 21 July 1637 – 11 October 1637 Location Breda (present-day the Netherlands) 51°34′N 4°48′E / 51.567°N 4.800°E / 51.567; 4.800 Result Dutch victory
Belligerents
Dutch Republic	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Frederick Henry Henry Casimir	Gomar de Fourdin
Strength
18,000	2,000
Casualties and losses
850 dead 1,300 wounded[1]	Unknown

The fourth siege of Breda (21 July – 11 October 1637) was an important siege in the Eighty Years' War in which stadtholder Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange retook the city of Breda, which had last changed hands in 1625 when the Spanish general Ambrogio Spinola conquered it for the Spanish Habsburgs. Hereafter, the city would remain in the hands of the Dutch Republic until the end of the war.