Gertruid_Bolwater
Gertruid (Truuj) Bolwater (died 1511) was a legendary Dutch heroine, known as the defender of Venlo during its siege by Emperor Maximilian I when she climbed up the defence wall of the city and took over the defence wall from a fallen ensign.
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