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Diederik Sonoy
Diederik
Sonoy
or
Snoey
was a
leader
of the
Geuzen
during the
Eighty Years' War
.
Troops
under his
command
put
both
Egmond Castle
and
Egmond Abbey
on
fire
in
1573
. The
destruction
of these
strategic
locations
prevented that the
Spanish army
could
occupy
them.