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  • Siege of Godesberg
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Strength
  • "... a strong force of Dutch" mercenaries ♦♦
  • Over 400 foot soldiers, 5 squadrons of cavalry
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Partof
  • The Cologne War
Date
  • --12-17
Commander
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  • Electorate of Cologne
Caption
  • Destruction of the fortress on Godesberg during the Cologne War in 1583; of powder were used to breach the walls and blow part of the castle up; almost all its defenders were put to death.♦
Casualties
  • 178
  • not stated in sources.
Result
  • Catholic victory
Notes
  • ♦ Engraving by Frans Hogenberg . Hogenberg and Georg Braun, Civitates orbis terrarum, Cologne, 1572–1617.
  • ♦♦ Ernst Weyden. Godesberg, das Siebengebirge, und ihre Umgebungen. Bonn: T. Habicht Verlag, 1864, p. 43.
  • ♦♦♦ Tanja Potthoff. Die Godesburg – Archäologie und Baugeschichte einer kurkölnischen Burg. Inaugural Dissertation, University of Munich, 2009, p. 15.
combatant
  • 20
  • Prince-Elector, Cologne 1578–1588
  • Prince-Elector, Cologne, 1583–1612
Place
Conflict
  • Godesberg Siege – 1583