 Kubva kuvhurwa kweZuiderzee muguta regumi nerimwe, nzvimbo yeWest Friesland inenge chikamu chekuchamhembe kwezuva ranhasi North Holland yakanga yave yakaparadzaniswa kubva kune imwe nzvimbo yeNetherlands mune zvehupfumi uye zvematongerwo enyika, uye kusurukirwa kwayo kwezvematongerwo enyika kwakawedzera mushure mekunge Haarlem yawira kuSpanish muna 1573. Vanhu vokunze vaifarira, zvikurukuru vokuEngland, vakaona mikana yezvematongerwe enyika yokuderedza chiremera chiri kuchamhembe kweHaarlem cheGeneral States muThe Hague, nokukurudzira kuparadzana muWest Friesland, zvikurukuru pashure pokuurayiwa kwaWilliam weOrange muna 1583. Rutsigiro rwaMaelson rusingazununguki rwechinangwa cheOrange chaive chinhu chakakosha mukuchengeta varwi vekusununguka kweDutch vakabatana. 