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Geertruidenberg Castle was so strong remained obscure until very recently. In the 16th century, the castle was completely demolished and disappeared out of view. With the scant descriptions and probably unreliable images that survived, historians assumed that Geertruidenberg Castle
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Polanen surrendered Geertruidenberg Castle. Philips and his warriors were allowed to keep the goods they had before the war and were allowed a safe conduct to use them. Similar provisions were made for Philips van Tetrode, Willem van Foreest, Arend Nachtegaal, Wouter
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Geertruidenberg, was that Willem van Duvenvoorde was a very important leader of the Hook party. He was probably its most important leader after Maragaret. Van Duvenvoorde was very wealthy and would have used his riches to invest in the defense of Geertruidenberg
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Geertruidenberg Castle was so strong, was that it was probably very difficult to cut its supply routes. The Hook Strijen Castle was less than 5 km to the south over a good road. Whether Strijen Castle was a Brabant or a Holland castle was debatable, but its owner Willem
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William by summoning him to Dordrecht, but failed. In April 1351 the important city of Dordrecht joined the rebellion. In May William made peace with Utrecht. Meanwhile, the Cod party attacked and quickly conquered a lot of the smaller castles of the Hook lords. On 15 June
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For the members of the Hook party, the outcome of the siege was a bit counterintuitive. E.g. the
Geertruidenberg citizens Claes and Philips Nachtegaal lost their goods after William V reconquered Geertruidenberg. Their father Arend (above), who was part of the castle garrison, kept his due to the
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Philips van Tetrode to urge his Hook friends in Breda to send a relief force. In mid-August, the Hook party indeed sent a few hundred cavalry from Breda. These were led by
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October 1351. Others say it started in December 1351. Hunger forced Philips van Polanen to ask for a truce in mid 1352. William V then travelled to Geertruidenberg.
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Geertruidenberg Castle was a special kind of castle. It was owned by the Count of Holland, and kept by a castellan. The office of castellan was not unusual, but at Geertruidenberg Castle the castellan also happened to be
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