Catharina Rose
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Catharina Rose d. after June 1587, was the heroine of the Spanish siege of Sluis
during the Eighty Years' War.
At the Spanish siege of the city of Sluis in Flanders
in June 1587, Rose was made commander and leader of the women which were given the task of defending the area between the blue tower and the smith towers. This hill was later called Venus-hill or the Women's hill after them. They were allowed to depart after the surrender of the town.
Rose is the subject of the novel Gideon Florensz. (1854) by Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint.
Sluis
Sluis is the name of both a municipality and a town located in the west of Zeelandic Flanders, in the south-western part of the Netherlands....
during the Eighty Years' War.
At the Spanish siege of the city of Sluis in Flanders
Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
in June 1587, Rose was made commander and leader of the women which were given the task of defending the area between the blue tower and the smith towers. This hill was later called Venus-hill or the Women's hill after them. They were allowed to depart after the surrender of the town.
Rose is the subject of the novel Gideon Florensz. (1854) by Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint.