Siege of Haarlem
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The siege of Haarlem was an episode of the Eighty Years' War. From 11 December 1572 to 13 July 1573 an army of Philip II of Spain laid bloody siege to the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands, whose loy
Bird's eye view of Haarlem and its surroundings during the Siege (south up), in a copper engraving published in 1573 by Antonio Lafreri. The spanish troops and their camps are depicted in the foreground
Wigbolt Ripperda inspiring the citizens of Haarlem in the Doelen not to give in to the Spanish army.
"Beleg van Haarlem" a Dutch propaganda engraving of 1573 shows mass hangings and beheadings, and cartloads of bodies flung in the river.
Stained glass window in St.-Bavokerk by Friso ten Holt (1980), commemorating the siege of Haarlem
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
Fantasy portrait of Kenau with weapons, aged 47 in 1573.
Kenau engraving by Jacob Houbraken after the fantasy portrait