200 Dutch Nobles Storm the Palace: The Petition That Started a Revolt
Two hundred Dutch nobles stormed into Margaret of Parma's hall, led by Hendrik van Brederode in a wild wig and heavy velvet. They didn't ask; they demanded an end to the Spanish Inquisition's bloody grip on their lives. The desperate gamble worked temporarily: the Queen suspended the courts and sent envoys to Madrid. But Philip II refused their pleas, and that single refusal sparked eight decades of war. It wasn't a noble petition; it was the spark that turned a family feud into a nation born in blood.
April 5, 1566
460 years ago
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Spain
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Netherlands
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Philip II of Spain
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Hendrik van Brederode
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Margaret of Parma
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Spanish Inquisition
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Spain
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Petition of Compromise
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Dutch
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Margaret of Parma
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Eighty Years' War
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Inquisition
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Geuzen
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Seventeen Provinces
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Habsburg Netherlands
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Hendrick van Brederode
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Compromise of Nobles
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Spanish Inquisition
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Geschichte der Niederlande
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