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Maarten Schenck van Nydegen | |
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 Martin Schenck, soldier of fortune, 1540–1589. | |
| Born | circa 1543 Goch, Germany |
| Died | † 11–August 1589 (aged c. 46) Nijmegen, the Netherlands |
| Buried | beheaded and quartered, no burial |
| Years of service | circa 1555–-63, page to Christoffel van IJsselstein ca.1563–ca. 1570 Dutch Service, under William the Silent Spanish Service, circa 1570-85; Dutch Service, 1585–86. |
| Rank | Knight and Marshall of the Camp |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Gembloux 1578; Battle of Hardenburg Heath 1580; Sack of Westphalia and Battle of Werl 1586; Siege of Rheinberg 1588; Assault on Nijmegen 1589; |
Maarten (Martin) Schenck van Nydeggen, (1540?,[1] – 11 August 1589) was a noted military commander in the Netherlands.
He first served with William of Orange in the fight for Dutch independence from Spain then switched to serve with distinction in the Spanish army. In 1580 he changed his allegiance to the Dutch Republic and was declared Lord of Toutenburg in Gelderland, Knight and Marshall of the Camp by the Dutch States General.
He then served on the Protestant side in the Cologne War with some success until he drowned in the Waal in a failed attack on Nijmegen in 1588.
- ^ or 1549, Biography and Mythology, part 3, J. Thomas, p. 1970, published 1871.