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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.

Johan de Knuyt to Amalia von Solms-Braunfels

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Title

Johan de Knuyt to Amalia von Solms-Braunfels

Description

In this letter Johan de Knuyt, close advisor of Stadtholder Frederik Hendrik van Oranje-Nassau, reports to Amalia about her husband's army activities.

Creator

Johan de Knuyt

Source

Koninklijke Verzamelingen, Den Haag

A14a-18c-002b-001

Date

8 June 1635

Language

Dutch

Letter Item Type Metadata

Sender

Recipient

Amalia von Solms-Braunfels

Origin

Heilissem

Letter Type

MS Letter

EMLO Catalogue

Transcription

No transcript

Transcription and MS

No transcript

Part of Collection

Citation

Johan de Knuyt, “Johan de Knuyt to Amalia von Solms-Braunfels,” The Wives of the Stadtholders: an exhibition, accessed December 12, 2025, http://emlo-portal.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/exhibition/sw/items/show/67.

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