Entrada; duque de Anjou; duque; Anjou; Felipe II; rebeldía; Países Bajos; siglo XVI; Amberes; Rijksmuseum - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 15:38:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Entrada; duque de Anjou; duque; Anjou; Felipe II; rebeldía; Países Bajos; siglo XVI; Amberes; Rijksmuseum - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Entry of the Duke of Anjou into Antwerp, 19 February 1582 https://historylab.es/entry-of-the-duke-of-anjou-into-antwerp-19-february-1582/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=entry-of-the-duke-of-anjou-into-antwerp-19-february-1582 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:31:48 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/entrada-del-duque-de-anjou-en-amberes-el-19-de-febrero-de-1582/ As Philip II was not recognised as monarch by the Netherlands, the Duke of Anjpu was nominated for the position and entered Antwerp in 1582

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]]> Philip II was not recognised as ruler of the Low Countries, so a new one was needed. Francis, Duke of Anjou and brother of the French king, found himself ready to take on this task, settling in Antwerp in early 1582 on condition that they officially renounced their allegiance to the Prudent King. The States General issued the decree of abandonment in which it was declared that the King of Spain had abandoned his responsibilities by failing to defend the people of the Low Countries. He was therefore to be replaced as their monarch. With a small French army, the new sovereign led a small French army to take Antwerp by force in January 1583. Faced with Anjou’s huge failure, he abandoned the Low Countries, offering them to Elizabeth of England, who again declined, taking them on the model of republican government.

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