Joost de Soete
Lost the battle that signaled the start to the Eighty Years' War
About Joost de Soete
Lived 1541 – 1589 (aged 47–48). Joost de Soete was a Dutch politician.
Joost de Soete or de Zoete, Lord of Villers or Villiers, (1510–1520, Sluis – March 1589, The Hague) was a Dutch nobleman and Field Marshal who fought in the early years of the Eighty Years' War.
De Soete was the third son Alexander de Zoete, knight and governor of Zeeland, and Johanna van Ranst, lady of Hautin, who had married in 1502.
In 1580, he was Commander of Bouchout. In March 1589 he was mortally wounded at the battle at Geertruidenberg. He was brought to The Hague where he soon died.
His coat of arms were a black twill with silver chevron.
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Who was Joost de Soete?
Lost the battle that signaled the start to the Eighty Years' War (1541-1589)
When was Joost de Soete born?
Joost de Soete was born in 1541 in Sluis.
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Joost de Soete died in 1589 in The Hague.
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Joost de Soete was a politician.
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Joost de Soete was Dutch.
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