Cristóbal de Mondragón y Mercado (Christoffel van Mondragon) (1504, Medina del Campo, Valladolid - 4 January 1596, Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands) was a Spanish general during the Eighty Years' War. He was a prominent military figure of the sixteenth century, and was colonel of the Tercios of Flanders under the Duke of Alba, Luis de Requesens, Alexander Farnese and Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort. He fought during the Eighty Years' War against the armies of William of Orange first and after Maurice of Nassau.
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| - Cristóbal de Mondragón y Mercado (Christoffel van Mondragon) (1504, Medina del Campo, Valladolid - 4 January 1596, Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands) was a Spanish general during the Eighty Years' War. He was a prominent military figure of the sixteenth century, and was colonel of the Tercios of Flanders under the Duke of Alba, Luis de Requesens, Alexander Farnese and Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort. He fought during the Eighty Years' War against the armies of William of Orange first and after Maurice of Nassau.
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| - Cristóbal de Mondragón y Mercado (Christoffel van Mondragon) (1504, Medina del Campo, Valladolid - 4 January 1596, Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands) was a Spanish general during the Eighty Years' War. He was a prominent military figure of the sixteenth century, and was colonel of the Tercios of Flanders under the Duke of Alba, Luis de Requesens, Alexander Farnese and Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort. He fought during the Eighty Years' War against the armies of William of Orange first and after Maurice of Nassau. His talent as a strategist led to important victories by the Spanish troops in Flanders and the Netherlands in a time of decline of Spanish domination in this region. Mondragón developed several military techniques like wading through tidal rivers and espionage.
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