Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Birni na farko a Kudancin Holland don karɓar haƙƙin birni shine Dordrecht, wanda ya yi haka a 1220. Birnin ya ci gaba da kasancewa a cikin yankin har sai da jerin ambaliyar ruwa suka buge shi a ƙarshen karni na 14. A wannan karni kuma ya ga jerin yaƙe-yaƙe na gida, da
Yaƙe-yaƙe na Hook da Cod, game da maye gurbin Count William IV. Dukansu 'yarsa Jacqueline da ɗan'uwansa John, wanda Philip the Good, Duke na Burgundy ya goyi bayan shi, ya yi ikirarin kursiyin. Yaƙin ya ƙare a shekara ta 1490, John ya yi nasara.