Zutphen

Zutphen was a county centered on the town where the Berkel joins the IJssel. United with Guelders through inheritance, it was held in 1337 by Count Reginald II of Guelders.

Zutphen followed Guelders to Jülich in 1371, the House of Egmond in 1423 and the Habsburgs under the Treaty of Venlo in 1543. Its quarter joined the Union of Utrecht in 1579. During the Eighty Years' War, Sir Philip Sidney was mortally wounded at the Battle of Zutphen in 1586; Maurice of Orange retook the town in 1591.