Mutiny of Hoogstraten

Mutiny of Hoogstraten
Date 1 September 1602 – 18 May 1604
Location Hoogstraten, Habsburg Netherlands
Cause arrears of pay
Participants soldiers of the Army of Flanders

The Mutiny of Hoogstraten (1 September 1602 – 18 May 1604) was the longest mutiny by soldiers of the Army of Flanders during the Eighty Years' War.[1] Over 3,000 mutineers, mostly Italians and Spaniards, took and fortified the little town of Hoogstraten.[2] From this secure position, the elected representatives of the mutineers were able to negotiate both with their own command and with the Dutch government. Many of the mutineers eventually transferred to Dutch service.

An important source for the organisation of the mutiny is the autobiography of Charles Alexandre de Croÿ, Marquis d’Havré, who was a hostage of the mutineers for eleven months.

References

  1. ↑ Olaf van Nimwegen, The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions, 1588-1688 (Woodbridge, Boydell Press, 2010), p. 39.
  2. ↑ Luc Duerloo, Dynasty and Piety: Archduke Albert (1598-1621) and Habsburg Political Culture in an Age of Religious Wars (Ashgate, 2013), p. 130.