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New in our collection is this rare bust of Frederica Wilhelmina Louise princess of Prussia and from 1791 after her marriage to Prince Willem Frederik...

  Prince Hendrik was born on  June  13th 1820 at Soestdijk Palace, the third son of King Willem II and Anna Paulowna. He had two...

Princess Wilhelmina was born on August 7, 1751 in Berlin. Her parents were Prince Augustus of Prussia and Duchess Louise Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. At an...

The Netherlands has traditionally played an important role in the cocoa trade and has a rich history of cocoa and chocolate factories, which mainly settled...

In the 19th century, large groups of citizens had started campaigning for peace. However, the main large countries believed that they could solve their problems...

        In February 1978 the cutter suction dredger “Oranje” was christened by Princess Beatrix at the shipyard “Merwede” in Hardinxveld-Giessendam. A cutter...

    In 1962 Queen Juliana & prince Bernhard celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary, this was marked with a three-day celebration. On April 30th Juliana,...

  After Prince Willem Frederik was proclaimed sovereign monarch of the Netherlands in 1813, he started building a professional army. When Napoleon had fled his...

The Netherlands was still a young Kingdom when Victoria became queen of the United Kingdom in 1837 at the age of 18. The eldest son...