Capture of Maastricht

Siege of Maastricht
	Part of the Eighty Years' War
	; Frederick Henry enters Maastricht
Date	9 June to 22 August 1632
Location	Near Maastricht ; (present-day the Netherlands)50°52′0.01″N 5°40′59.99″E
Result	Dutch victory
Belligerents
Spain; Holy Roman Empire	United Provinces
Commanders and leaders
Besieged; Guillaume de Bette; Lelio Brancaccio; Relief forces; Gonzalo de Córdoba; Graf zu Pappenheim	Besiegers; Frederick Henry; Horace Vere
Strength
Besieged; 2,000 infantry; 3,000 armed citizens; Relief forces; 18,000 infantry; 6,000 cavalry	Besiegers; 17,000 infantry; 4,000 cavalry
	Location within Netherlands Capture of Maastricht (Europe)

The siege of Maastricht was fought between 9 June and 22 August 1632, when the Dutch commander Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, eventually captured the city from Habsburg forces.

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