Francisco Valdez (1522? – 1580?) was a Spanish general during the

Eighty Years War The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt ( nl, Nederlandse Opstand) ( c.1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war included the Ref ...

. He had command over the besieging forces of the Army of Flanders during the Siege of Leiden commencing in 1573 and led the Battle of Delft (1573), failed attack on the city of Delft the same year.

Early life

Born a peasant, Valdez served Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V in the 1546 war with the Protestant factions of the Holy Roman Empire, and in 1550 he led an expedition against Tunis. In 1567 he accompanied the Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Duke of Alva to the Netherlands, to restore the authority of Philip II of Spain at the outbreak of the Dutch Revolt. He was married to Magdalena Moons in 1574.

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* Spanish generals 1522 births 1580 deaths {{Spain-mil-bio-stub