Satisfactie van Haarlem
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The Satisfactie van Haarlem was one of many treaties in the city of Veere
Veere
Veere is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands, on Walcheren island in the province of Zeeland.-Population centres :Aagtekerke , Biggekerke , Domburg , Gapinge , Grijpskerke , Koudekerke , Meliskerke , Oostkapelle , Serooskerke , Veere , Vrouwenpolder , Westkapelle...

 in 1577 where Willem the Silent ensured the loyalty of the cities under his rule.

Godfried van Mierlo
Godfried van Mierlo
Godfried van Mierlo was bishop of Haarlem and abbot of Egmond Abbey from 1570 to 1578.-Biography:...

 set his seal to the "Satisfactie van Haarlem
Haarlem
Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...

" wherein he promised that the Catholics of the city of Haarlem would swear allegiance to Willem the Silent rather than Philip II of Spain
Philip II of Spain
Philip II was King of Spain, Portugal, Naples, Sicily, and, while married to Mary I, King of England and Ireland. He was lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories such as duke or count....

, on the condition that the Catholics would keep the same rights as Protestants. A year later this treaty was violated with the Haarlemse Noon on May 29, 1578.
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