Siege of Ostend: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date	July 15, 1601 - September 22, 1604
Location	Belgium • Ostend
Participants	Dutch Republic • Spanish Netherlands
Context	Eighty Years’ War

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Albert VII

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Louis IX of France (St. Louis), stained glass window of Louis IX during the Crusades. (Unknown location.)

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