Geertruid Adriaansdochter

in Wormer – 1573 in IJpesloot near Amsterdam), was a Dutch farmer.

She was hanged by Protestant farmers as a Catholic when she attempted to bring food to her brother, a Catholic priest in Amsterdam, who was at the point under siege by the Protestants.

She was used in the propaganda during the war as a Catholic martyr.

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