Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer was a wood merchant of Haarlem, who became a legendary folk hero for her fearless defense of the city against the Spanish invaders during the siege of Haarlem in 1573.
16th century portrait of a woman from the Hasselaer family, assumed to be Kenau, and used in the 18th century as a basis for an engraving by Reinier Vinkeles
Haarlem soldiers being executed by the Spanish after the siege; all are men
Fantasy portrait of Kenau with weapons, aged 47 in 1573.
Kenau engraving by Jacob Houbraken after the fantasy portrait
Wigbolt Ripperda
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Wigbolt, Baron Ripperda was the city governor of Haarlem when the city was under siege by the Spanish army in the Eighty Years' War.
Portrait of Wigbolt Ripperda by Herman Collenius
Wigbolt Ripperda inspiring the citizens of Haarlem in the Doelen not to give in to the Spanish army.
Bust of Ripperda in the park named after him in Haarlem
Memorial plaque for Wigbolt Ripperda in the meeting hall of the Haarlem schutterij