Arminius, Jacobus b. 1560 d. 1609 Theologian. Major controverial theology professor at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. He propounded the theological system that would become known as "Arminianism." His arguments, further developed after his death by associates Simon Episcopius and Jan Uytenbogaert, were presented in the "Articles of Remonstrance" in 1610. The basic five points of Arminianism as presented in the Articles were fought against by the followers of John Calvin ("Calvinism") who prepared five points to...[Read More] (Bio by: Mike Reed) Pieterskerk, Leiden, Leiden Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Bernhard, Prince b. June 29, 1911 d. December 1, 2004 Prince. Father of Queen Beatrix of Holland. Born on June 29, 1911 according to offical records, but commonly said to be June 29, as Count Bernhard Leopold Friedrich Eberhard Julius Kurt Karl Gottfried Peter zu Lippe-Biesterfeld in Jena, Thuringen, Germany, he studied law in Lausanne, Switzerland, Munich and Berlin, Germany. Met Crown Princess Juliana of Holland during while he was a student on vacation in Holland; they married in the Haag in January 1937 and 11 years later she became queen...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser) Cause of death: Cancer Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), Delft, Delft Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Plot: Oranje-Nassau Family Tomb
Couperus, Louis b. June 10, 1863 d. July 16, 1923 Writer. Born and raised in The Hague. Considered a formeost figure in Dutch Literature, he was a virtuoso at observing and uncovering the lives of his country's fin de siecle bourgeoisie. His literary efforts, in all some fifty books, range from novels and travel stories to poetry. His best known novels include "Eline Vere" (1888), "The Hidden Force" (1900), "The Books of the Small Souls" (1902), and "Of Old People and the Things That Pass" (1906). All have been adapted for Dutch...[Read More] (Bio by: Martin) Den Haag Oud Eik en Duinen, The Hague (Den Haag), Den Haag Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
De Coligny, Louise b. September 23, 1555 d. November 13, 1620 Princess of Orange. Born Louise de Coligny, the daughter of Gaspard II de Coligny, Comte de Coligny and Charlotte de Laval. She became the fourth wife of Willem I von Nassau-Dillenburg, Prince of Orange in April 1583 who was also known as Wilhelm 'the Silent'. Her husband was assassinated in July 1584 and their only son was born the following November. She remained the dowager for 36 years, and died at age 65. (Bio by: Iola) Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), Delft, Delft Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont b. August 2, 1858 d. March 20, 1934 Dutch royalty. Queen consort of King William III of the Netherlands. Born Princess Adelheid Emma Wilhelmina Theresia in Arolsen Castle, she was the fourth daughter of Prince George Victor of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his first wife, Princess Helena of Nassau. She married King William III of the Netherlands on 7 January 1879 in Arolsen. William's first wife, Queen Sophie, had died two years earlier. King William was 61, and had already been turned down by Emma's older sister Paulina and Princess...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed) Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), Delft, Delft Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Huygens, Christiaan b. April 14, 1629 d. July 8, 1695 Christiaan Huygens was born in The Hague in a cultural and intellectual family. His father was a diplomat and statesman. During his younger life Huygens was focused on mathematics but he also became interested in astronomy. With his self developed lenses he discovered Titan a moon of Saturn and later he also discovered the famous rings of Saturn. Galileo had also seen something strange could be found around Saturn but Huygens had a better telescope and could indentify them as the rings of...[Read More] (Bio by: Rik Van Beveren) Grote Kirk Church Cemetery, The Hague (Den Haag), Den Haag Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Nassau, Prince Alexander von b. August 2, 1818 d. February 20, 1848 Dutch Royalty. Born Willem Alexander Frederick Constantine Nicholas Michael von Nassau, the second of five children of Willem II von Nassau, King of the Netherlands and Anna Pavlovna Romanov. He was granted the title Prince Alexander of the Netherlands. He died at age 29 while traveling in Madeira, Portugal never having married. (Bio by: Iola) Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), Delft, Delft Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Nederhorst, Guusje b. February 4, 1969 d. January 29, 2004 Dutch Actress. Guusje played Roos Alberts-de Jager in the Dutch TV series "GTST" and Angela Bolhuys in "Onderweg," she also appeared as herself in the movie "All Stars" which dealt with an amateur soccer team. Gussje was a popular sex-symbol among fans, and was voted as one of the sexiest women in many dutch magazines. She was married to Dutch rock star Dinad Woesthoff, whom she has a son with born just last year. She also wrote books and composed songs for children. (Bio by: Noni) Cause of death: Cancer Saint Petrus Cemetery, Scheveningen, Den Haag Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Paulowna, Anna 'Grand Duchess Anna' b. January 18, 1795 d. March 1, 1865 Russian royalty, Queen of the Netherlands. Born Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna Romanova, she was the youngest daughter of Tsar Paul I and Sophia Dorothea of Wurttemberg (Tsarina Maria Feodorovna), and a granddaughter of Catherine the Great. Anna married Prince Willem VII of Orange on February 29, 1816 in St. Petersburg. Due to the Dutch transliteration of her name, she became known as Anna Paulowna. When her father-in-law King Willem I of the Netherlands abdicated in 1840, her husband became...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed) Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), Delft, Delft Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Prince William of Orange I b. April 14, 1533 d. July 10, 1584 Prince of Orange. Born Willem von Nassau-Dillenburg the son of Wilhelm Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg and Juliane zu Stolberg-Wernigerode. He inherited the holdings of the Nassau family in the Low Countries in 1544. He was raised largely in the court of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V who made him a page. In 1555 he was made stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, and Utrecht becoming the first of the hereditary stadtholders of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. In 1566 he and his allies moved to...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Cause of death: Assassinated Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), Delft, Delft Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Plot: Vault of the Dutch Royal Family
Prince William of Orange II b. May 27, 1626 d. November 6, 1650 Prince of Orange. Born Willem von Nassau-Dillenburgat at The Hague, Netherlands, the son of Frederik Hendrik von Nassau-Dillenburg, Prince of Orange and Amalie zu Solms-Braunfels. On May 2, 1641 he married Mary Henrietta, the Princess Royal, eldest daughter of Charles I of England, in the Chapel Royal at Whitehall Palace in London. He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter in March 1645. He succeeded to the title of Stadtholder William II of the United Provinces of the Netherlands in...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), Delft, Delft Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Plot: Vault of the Dutch Royal Family
Prince William of Orange IV b. September 1, 1711 d. October 22, 1751 Prince of Orange. Born Karl Heinrich Friso von Nassau-Dietz, the son of Johann Willem Frisovan Oranje-Nassau, Prince of Orange and Marie Luise von Hessen-Kassel. A posthumous child, he succeeded his father's titles at birth, under the regency of his mother until the age of twenty. In March 1734 he married Anne, the Princess Royal, daughter of George II King of Great Britain at the Chapel Royal in St James Palace, London. After suffering at least three stillborn children, the couple produced...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), Delft, Delft Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Plot: Vault of the Dutch Royal Family
Prince William of Orange V b. March 8, 1748 d. April 9, 1806 Prince of Orange. Born Willem Batavus van Oranje-Nassau, the son of Willem IV van Oranje-Nassau, Prince of Orange and Anne, Princess Royal of Great Britain. He succeeded at the age of three upon the death of his father in 1751 under the regency of his mother until her death in 1759, and then his grandmother until her death in 1765, and Ludwig Ernst von Brunswick-Lüneburg-Bevern. He married Friederike Sophie Wihelmine Prinzessin von Prussia, a niece of Frederick the Great in October 1767. The...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), Delft, Delft Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Plot: Vault of the Dutch Royal Family
Queen Juliana b. April 30, 1909 d. March 20, 2004 Dutch Royalty. The daughter of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Hendrik of the Neterlands, she ruled the Netherlands as Queen from 1948 to April 30, 1980, her 71st birthday. After her abdication from the throne on April 30, 1980, her daughter Beatrix ascended the throne as Queen, with Juliana becoming just Princess. Juliana was married to Prince Bernard, and also had three other daughters, Irene Emma Elizabeth, Margriet Francisca, and Marijke Christina. Juliana died at the Royal Palace in her sleep...[Read More] (Bio by: K) Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), Delft, Delft Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Queen Wilhelmina b. August 31, 1880 d. November 28, 1962 Queen of the Netherlands during World Wars I and II. Born Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie of Orange-Nassau, she was the Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until 1948, and Queen Mother from 1948 until 1962. She ruled the country for 58 years, longer than most Dutch monarchs. The only child of King William III and his second wife, Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, she was close to her parents, especially her father, who was 63 years old when she was born. Although King William already had three...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson) Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), Delft, Delft Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Plot: Vault of the Dutch Royal Family
Robinson, John d. March 1, 1625 Pastor of the Pilgrims who hoped to follow them after the Mayflower arrived in America, but he died in Holland before he could go to America. His son Isaac did make it to America, though, and his descendants still live in America today. (Bio by: Mike Reed) Pieterskerk, Leiden, Leiden Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Sophia Frederika of Wurttemberg b. June 17, 1818 d. June 3, 1877 Dutch royalty. Queen consort of King William III of the Netherlands. Born in Stuttgart, she was the youngest daughter of King William I of Wurttemberg and his second wife, Grand Duchess Ekaterina Pavlovna of Russia. Sophie married her cousin William, Prince of Orange, in Stuttgart on 18 June 1839. Two sons, William Nicholas and William Frederik (called Maurice) were born in the first five years. William became King William III in 1849, and their third son, William Alexander, was born in 1851...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed) Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), Delft, Delft Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands