West Frisia, the western part of the historical region of Frisia
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Occasionally, the region where the West Frisian language is spoken, i.e. mostly the Province of Friesland in the Netherlands
Evidently, Vermeer was particularly attached to a Willem Blaeu - Balthasar Florisz van Berckenrode map of Holland and West Friesland, as he represented it as a wall decoration in three of his paintings...
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John III of Egmont (or Egmond) (Hattem, April 3, 1438 – Egmond, August 21, 1516) was first Count of Egmont, Lord of Baer, Lathum, Hoogwoude, Aarstwoude, Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam, and Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and West-Friesland.
Noorderkwartier (a Dutch word meaning "North Quarter") is a historical term referring to the part of the former Dutch province of Holland north of the river IJ, covering the regions Kennemerland, Zaanstreek, Waterland and West-Friesland and now part of the modern province of North Holland.