The siege of Mons of 1572 took place at Mons, capital of the County of Hainaut, Spanish Netherlands , between 23 June and 19 September 1572, as part of the Eighty Years' War, the Anglo-Spanish War , and the French Wars of Religion. In the spring of 1572, after the capture of Valenciennes by a Protestant force under Louis of Nassau, the Dutch commander continued with his offensive and took Mons by surprise on 24 May. After three months of siege, and the defeats of the armies of Jean de Hangest, seigneur d'Yvoy and Genlis, and William the Silent, Prince of Orange , by the Spanish army led by Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba , Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands, and his son, Don Fadrique de Toledo, Louis of Nassau's forces, isolated and without any hope of help, surrendered Mons to the Duke of Alba on 19 September.
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