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The Van Wassenaer family is the name of an old Dutch noble family. It was first mentioned in the County of Holland on 3 November 1200. They are one of...

Jacob, Banner Lord of Wassenaer, Lord Obdam, Hensbroek, Spanbroek, Opmeer, Zuidwijk and Kernhem (1610 – 13 June 1665) was a Dutch nobleman who became...

Unico Wilhelm, Count van Wassenaer Obdam (30 October 1692 – 9 November 1766) was a Dutch nobleman who was a diplomat as well as a composer. He reorganized...

Jacob van Wassenaer Duivenvoorde, lord of Obdam (1574, Haarlem - 31 August 1623, Heusden), was a famous Dutch naval commander, Lieutenant-Admiral of the...

Leiden. Dirk III van Wassenaer belonged to the main branch of the Van Wassenaer family. He was the son of Philips III van Wassenaer (1307- c. 1345) and...

General Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam (25 August 1635 – 24 May 1714) was a Dutch general from the prominent Van Wassenaer family, who served in the Franco-Dutch...

III van Wassenaer (?- c. 1345) was an oldest son of the main branch of the Dutch noble family Van Wassenaer. Philips' father Dirk II van Wassenaer (? - c...

except a wall, which once enclosed the gardens. Marie Cornélie countes of Wassenaer Obdam (1799-1850), owner of Twickel Castle, acquired the Hof te Dieren...

Baron van Wassenaer, Lord of Obdam; Son of Jacob van Duvenvoorde van Wassenaer. 1620 - Jacob van Duvenvoorde starts using the van Wassenaer family name...

base, and with an unbroken flame right to the top” – wrote Nicolas van Wassenaer in 1624 after seeing the tulip in the garden of one Dr Adriaen Pauw, a...

1855) De Riquet de Caraman Schimmelpenninck Zu Stolberg-Stolberg Van Wassenaer Wolff Metternich Van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Binnenmaas; The title (Dutch:...

Marot, it was commissioned by Count Johan Hendrik of Wassenaer-Obdam, member of the House of Wassenaer. The palace served as a residence for King William...

chimney piece represents the double portrait of Odila en Philippine van Wassenaer, the nieces of van Buijtewech and two first governesses of the project...

personnel captured or killed; Van Wassenaer was among the dead. On his return to the republic, De Ruyter learned Van Wassenaer had been killed at Lowestoft...

chicken with tall upright tail shown in the Portrait of Jacoba Maria van Wassenaer by Jan Steen, painted in about 1660, is believed to be a Chabo.: 171 ...

Rödsund Part of the Second Northern War Portrait of Jacob, Baron van Wassenaer, Lord of Obdam (1616-1665), Lieutenant Admiral of Holland and West Friesland...

Swedish attack while his commanding officer, Lieutenant-Admiral Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam, was debilitated by gout. After this heroic conduct against the...

surnames of noble families were often derived from a heerlijkheid (e.g. "van Wassenaer"), it was important for the prestige of the family to maintain ownership...

Worbert, Graaf van Wassenaer (1852–1913) on 26 July 1895. He was born in Florence, Italy and was a son of Willem Lodewijk Worbert van Wassenaer and Maria Catharina...

Boellaard-Stheeman, Jonkvrouwe Reina de Blocq van Scheltinga, Elizabeth Baroness van Wassenaer-Mersmans and Bibi Baroness van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Jonkvrouwe den Beer...