Siege of Rheinberg (1633)

Siege of Rheinberg
Part of Eighty Years' War
Depiction of the siege of Rheinberg by Manteau Culenburgh
Date 11 June – 2 July 1633 Location Rheinberg, Germany Result Dutch victory Capitulation of the last major Spanish fortress near the Rhine
Belligerents
Dutch Republic	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Frederick Henry	Marquis of Aitona
Strength
20,000	1,700

The siege of Rheinberg was a 21-day long siege by Frederick Henry, the then Prince of Orange. The siege resulted in a Dutch victory in which the last and only major city under Spanish control near the Rhine fell into Dutch hands.