Siege of Rheinfelden (1633)

The siege of Rheinfelden of 1633 or the Spanish recapture of Rheinfelden (Spanish: La Expugnación de Rheinfelden) took place in late October 1633, during the Thirty Years' War.[1][2]

Siege of Rheinfelden (1633)
Part of the Thirty Years' War

The Capture of Rheinfelden by Vincenzo Carducci.
Date17 October 1633
Location47°33′N 7°48′E / 47.550°N 7.800°E / 47.550; 7.800
Result Spanish victory
Territorial
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Rheinfelden is captured by the Spaniards
Belligerents
Spain Spain  Sweden
Commanders and leaders
Spain Duke of Feria Unknown
Strength
20,000 troops[1][2] 350 troops[3]
Casualties and losses
Unknown All killed[3]
Rheinfelden is located in Switzerland
Rheinfelden
Rheinfelden
Location within Switzerland
Rheinfelden is located in Germany
Rheinfelden
Rheinfelden
Rheinfelden (Germany)

The Spanish Army of Alsace (20,000 troops)[1] led by the Duke of Feria, Governor of the Duchy of Milan, recaptured the Habsburgian city of Rheinfelden after relieving Konstanz, Breisach and Bregenz. His plan, designed by the favourite and chief minister of Philip IV of Spain, Don Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, was to release the Spanish road along the Rhine of the harassment by Swedish and Protestant-German troops (Heilbronn League), defend the Franche-Comté, safeguard the Tyrol, support the troops of the Holy Roman Empire, and open a strategic corridor for the Spanish troops from the Spanish Lombardy to the Spanish Netherlands.[1][2]

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Black p.135
  2. ^ a b c Parker p.119
  3. ^ a b Fajardo, p. 70
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References

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  • Black, Jeremy. European Warfare 1494–1660. Routledge Publishing (2002) ISBN 978-0-415-27531-6
  • Parker, Geoffrey (1984). The Thirty Years' War. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. ISBN 0-415-15458-8
  • Fajardo, Diego de Saavedra (1986). España y Europa en el siglo XVII: correspondencia de Saavedra Fajardo.