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Kasteel Nijenrode

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  • Location: Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

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    August 30, 2021

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    After the castle was destroyed in 1481 and 1511, the ruins were inherited in 1536 to Johan van den Bongard, hereditary chamberlain of Gulik and official of Grave. After him to his son Bernard I van den Bongard, whose son Bernard II van den Bongard rebuilt the castle between 1632 and 1642 in Dutch Renaissance style. After being used as a headquarters by the French for several months, it was burned down in 1673 by French troops commanded by Frans de Montmorency, Duke of Luxembourg.
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    Nice piece of history along the fight.
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    From 1907 to 1930 it was owned by Michiel Onnes, an Amsterdam merchant in coffee. He had Nijenrode restored and expanded until 1920. In 1930 it was bought by the …
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