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Leicester Expedition to the Netherlands

Netherlands · House / House of Tudor. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1585Date range
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Chronological records

1585

Robert Dudley Earl of LeicesterDecember 1585

Flushing · House / House of Tudor

Dudley sails with an English expeditionary army to the Netherlands, taking command of forces intended to resist Spanish advances near the Channel coast.

Names involved

Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester

Provenance

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