Map of the battle at Malplaquet, where the French were defeated by the allied forces, on September 11th, 1709. Illustration in: J. Lamigue, Het leven van Zyne Hoogheit Johan Willem Friso, dl. II, p. 142/143.

The Frisian stadtholders were endowed with the fiefdom Dietz in present-day Germany. The 'Duke's Castle' (built in the eleventh century) was the main residence of Sophia Hedwig von Braunschweig-Wolfenbütteland and she remained there after the death…

In 1580 Stadtholder Willem Lodewijk van Nassau-Dillenburg purchased and took up residence at the Rolkemahuis in Leeuwarden, which had been built in 1564 for Philips II Boudewijn van Loo, the rentmeester-generaal to Philip II. In 1603 Willem Lodewijk…

Palace Honselaarsdijk was built by Frederik Hendrik on the site of a stately medieval hunting lodge. After his death the estate was inherited by his son, Willem II, whose wife, Mary Stuart (Princess Royal and Princess of Orange), gave birth in the…

The estate Huis Ten Bosch was built in 1645 by Frederik Hendrik van Oranje-Nassau and his wife Amalia von Solms-Braunfels. Pieter Post was the primary architect. When Frederik Hendrik died in 1647, Amalia turned the estate into a monument in honour…

The estate Huis ter Nieuburch was bought in 1630 by Frederik Hendrik van
Oranje-Nassau who rebuilt it in 1634 with the aid of the architect Simon de la Vallée.
Frederik Hendrik’s widow Amalia von Solms-Braunfels inherited the estate, but she…

Map of Leeuwarden (1649) with the Frisian Stadtholderly Court.

Map of The Hague (1649) with:

1. Stadtholderly Court at the Binnenhof
2. Palace Noordeinde, the 'Old Court'
3. Frisian court

Palace Noordeinde, also known as the 'Old Court', was home to the stadtholders of Holland from the end of the sixteenth century. Louise de Coligny, Willem van Oranje-Nassau's widow, lived there with her son, Frederik Hendrik, who rebuilt the palace…

In 1672 Albertine Agnes van Oranje-Nassau commissioned the building of a palace in the German county Dietz. She named this palace Oranienstein. It was built on the foundations of a Benedictine monastery.
Following Albertine's death in 1696, her…