(Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋaːtərɣøːzə(n)]; lit. 'Water Beggars'; French: Gueux de mer). In the Eighty Years' War, the Capture of Brielle by the Watergeuzen...

Gueux can mean different things: Les Gueux ("The Beggars") and les Gueux de mer ("Sea Beggars"), name taken on during the Eighty Years' War by the Dutch...

was used by the Watergeuzen (Gueux de mer, "Sea Beggars"), the pro-Dutch privateers during the Dutch Revolt. According to de Waard (1900), the Dutch navy...

flagship of the Christian navy in the Battle of Lepanto (1571). Dutch gueux de mer engage the Spanish at the battle of Haarlemmermeer, 1573; painting by...

Érard de La Marck became prince-bishop from 1506 until 1538. His great-grandson William II de la Marck was an important leader of the Gueux de mer in the...

aventurières de la mer, Paris: Clancier-Guénaud, pp. 31–39 Lapouge, Gilles (1987), Les Pirates, forbans, flibustiers, boucaniers et autres gueux de mer Gicquel...

stamp in 1972. That was based on the fact that in 1572 the Watergeuzen (Gueux de mer, "Sea Beggars"), the pro-Dutch privateers, captured Den Briel in name...

Sedan, and Marshal of France in 1547. William II de la Marck (1542–1578) was admiral of the Gueux de mer, the so-called 'sea beggars' who fought in the...

Charles VI, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press Lapouge, Gilles (1987), Les Pirates, forbans, flibustiers, boucaniers et autres gueux de mer...

French Huguenot port of La Rochelle. They were called "Sea Beggars", "Gueux de mer" in French, or "Watergeuzen" in Dutch. The Sea Beggars continued to use...