Siege of Frankenthal

Siege of Frankenthal
Part of the Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War

1625 engraving of the siege
Date1621 – March 20, 1623
Location
Frankenthal, Electorate of Palatinate
(present-day Germany)
49°31′59.99″N 8°21′0.00″E / 49.5333306°N 8.3500000°E / 49.5333306; 8.3500000
Result Imperial–Spanish victory[1]
Belligerents
Electoral Palatinate
 Kingdom of England		 Holy Roman Empire Holy Roman Empire
Spain Spain
Commanders and leaders
England John Burroughs Spain Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
Siege of Frankenthal is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Siege of Frankenthal
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Location within Rhineland-Palatinate
Siege of Frankenthal is located in Germany
Siege of Frankenthal
Siege of Frankenthal (Germany)

The siege of Frankenthal was a siege of the Palatinate campaign during the Thirty Years' War. A Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba besieged the Palatinate fortified city of Frankenthal and its mostly English garrison commanded by John Burroughs. The siege lasted from 1621 to March 20, 1623, when King James I ordered the city to surrender.[2]

  1. ^ Polišenský/Snider. War and society in Europe (1618-1648)
  2. ^ Wilson, Peter H. "The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy". Harvard University Press, 2011, p. 340.