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…

The Frisian stadtholders were obliged to attend the meetings of the States-General at the Binnenhof in The Hague. They spent therefore a large part of the year in The Hague.

They had their own palace, known as the 'Friese Hof' [Frisian Court].…

Albertine Agnes van Oranje-Nassau bought the Sickinga estate in 1676 from Barent van Sevenaer, one of her dignitaries. She renamed the estate Oranjewoud and used it as her summer residence. After her death in 1696 (she died at Oranjewoud) her…