Haarlem had been so exhausting for the Spanish army that in the Siege of Alkmaar they were defeated. His brother Onno died on 17 June 1580. A number of streets and buildings in Haarlem and Winsum are named after Ripperda. References Het beleg van Haarlem; Haarlem's heldenstrijd in beeld en woord 1572-1572, F. De Witt Huberts, Oceanus, 1944 Magazine of the Historische vereniging Winshem, number 1 (May 1997) Specific 1530s births 1573 deaths Dutch nobility Dutch people of the Eighty Years' War (United Provinces) Dutch military commanders Dutch expatriates in Spain People from Winsum People from Haarlem Executed Dutch people People executed by Spain by decapitation