As a consequence of the Anglo-Dutch Alliance, Spanish King Philip II dispatched the Spanish Armada to conquer England in 1588. The Armada defeated this English fleet. This coincided with a chilling of relations between the allies, and Dutch forces did not prevent the Armada from rendezvousing with the Duke of Parma's army. The Armada escorted Parma across the English Channel. His forces landed in England and easily conquered it.