Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko tana tuakana, ko William V, Count of Holland, i uru ki te pakanga roa me to ratau whaea, i whiwhi i a Holland me Zeeland mai i a ia i te 1354, me Hainaut i tana matenga i te 1356. I tautokohia a William e te rōpū o nga tangata whenua o nga taone. I whakahētia rātau i roto i tēnei e te
Ko te rōpū o Hook, ko te rōpū o ngā rangatira kāore i te pai ki a rātau, he kaitautoko o Empress Margaret. I whakarere a Margaret i tana mana rangatira ki te painga o tana tama a William V, engari ko te hua ko te wa o te raruraru nui me te raruraru i puta ai te hanganga o enei roopu e rua.