Maarten Schenck van Nydeggen Military person

Maarten (Martin) Schenck van Nydeggen, (1543?, – 11 August 1589) was a noted military commander in the Netherlands.He first served with William of Orange in the fight for Dutch independence from Spain then switched to serve with distinction in the Spanish army. In 1580 he changed his allegiance to the Dutch Republic and was declared Lord of Toutenburg in Gelderland, Knight and Marshall of the Camp by the Dutch States General. He then served on the Protestant side in the Cologne War with some success until he drowned in the Waal in a failed attack on Nijmegen in 1588.

Personal facts

Maarten Schenck van Nydeggen
Birth place
Goch
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1589
Place of death
Nijmegen

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military operations
Rheinberg
Battle of Gembloux (1578)
Assault on Nijmegen
Battle of Werl (1586)
Battle of Hardenberg
service start1555
service end1555

Topical connections

Arnold JanssenSaint
Jacob Dircksz de GraeffRoyalty

Maarten Schenck van Nydeggen on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://members.home.nl/tetrode/Nassau/Schenk.htm