Editing 's-Hertogenbosch (section)

=== Eighty Years' War ===
The wars of the [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]] changed the course of the city's history. It became an independent [[bishopric]]. During the [[Eighty Years' War]], the city took the side of the [[Habsburg]] ([[Catholic Church|Catholic]]) authorities and thwarted a [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] coup. It was besieged several times by Prince [[Maurice of Nassau|Maurice]] of [[Principality of Orange|Orange]], [[stadtholder]] of most of the [[Dutch Republic]], who wanted to bring 's-Hertogenbosch under the rule of the rebel United Provinces. The city was successfully defended against Prince Maurice in [[Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch (1601)|1601]] and again in 1603,<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Coetzee |first1=Daniel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DW2jAQAAQBAJ |title=Philosophers of War: The Evolution of History's Greatest Military Thinkers |last2=Eysturlid |first2=Lee W. |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-313-07033-4 |pages=118 |language=en}}</ref> but it eventually fell in the [[Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch|1629 siege]] led by his brother [[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange|Frederick Henry]].<ref name="Knight">Knight, Charles Raleigh: ''Historical records of The Buffs, East Kent Regiment (3rd Foot) formerly designated the Holland Regiment and Prince George of Denmark's Regiment''. Vol I. London, Gale & Polden, 1905, [https://openlibrary.org/books/OL6338310M pp. 69-70]</ref>