Trijn Rembrands (1557–1638) is known as the heroine of the Spanish

Siege of Alkmaar The siege of Alkmaar (1573) was a turning point in the Eighty Years' War. The burghers of the Dutch city of Alkmaar held off the Spanish (who had set up their camp in Oudorp) between 21 August and 8 October 1573, with boiling tar and burning b ...

during the Eighty Years' War in 1573, when she allegedly served in the defence as a soldier. She was married to the textile merchant Cornelis Reyersz. In 1661 described as an example of both men and women fighting with equal bravery during the war: public memorial ceremonies were held for her in 1777 and 1865, and she is the subject of an opera, ''Alkmaar Trijn''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rembrands, Trijn 1638 deaths 1557 births 16th-century Dutch people Women in 16th-century warfare Dutch people of the Eighty Years' War People from Alkmaar Women in war in the Netherlands