Diederik Sonoy

1529 - Jun 2, 1597

Diederik Sonoy or Snoey was a leader of the Geuzen during the Eighty Years' War.
Troops under his command put both Egmond Castle and Egmond Abbey on fire in 1573. The destruction of these strategic locations prevented that the Spanish army could occupy them.
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