Atmoran War of Independence

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Forty Years' War
Atmoran War of Independence
Burgomaster van der Werf offers his sword to the people of Leiden, by Mattheus Ignatius van Bree.jpg
Mayor of Leiden offering his sword to the people of Leiden, during the siege of Leiden.
Date21 May 1529 – 30 February 1571 (41 years, 9 months)
Location
Result Peace of Melverre
Belligerents
Cross of Saint Anna.png United Provinces Spain Hespira
Spain Loyalists

The Atmoran War of Independence (Dutch: Atmoraanese Vrijheidsoorlog; Hespirese: Guerra de Independencia Atmorana), also know as the Forty Years' War was a revolt of the provinces of Hespiranic Atmora against Hispirese Emperor John II, after the Fifteen Provinces rebutted the increasing land ceasation, taxes, and the Hespirese religious prosecution of the protestant Atmoran states.