The 80 year war , part 6 , Je Maintiendrai

The Netherlands had rebelled against their Lord, King Philip II of Spain, but the war to kick the Spanish out of the country was not going well.

The united north and the divided south were now fighting each other, and the new Governor for the King, Alessandro Farnese, the future Duke of Parma, was working to sow more division in the country. He was currently in the middle of the siege of Maastricht.