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The Wives of the Stadtholders: an exhibition

The publication in EMLO of the correspondences of the wives of six seventeenth-century stadtholders offers an unprecedented opportunity to analyse female power and influence in the political circles of the Dutch Republic at the Orange and Stuart courts in The Hague and their counterpart at the Frisian court in Leeuwarden. This virtual exhibition sets out biographical information for each of these six women, focusing upon a selection of their letters to demonstrate the different types of correspondence and spheres of activity in which they were involved. In addition, it describes and illustrates the physical centres of power — the palaces in which they lived, worked, and raised their families.

Honselaarsdijk Palace

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Title

Honselaarsdijk Palace

Subject

Engraving of the Honselaarsdijk Palace

Description

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 palace to his heir Willem III.

Creator

Romeyn de Hooghe

Source

Atlas van Stolk

Date

1691

Image

Aankomst van Willem III op Paleis Honselaarsdijk, 1691

Part of Collection

Citation

Romeyn de Hooghe, “Honselaarsdijk Palace,” The Wives of the Stadtholders: an exhibition, accessed January 15, 2026, http://emlo-portal.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/exhibition/sw/items/show/20.

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