NameI like to give information about castles in the Netherlands for historical knowledge and entertainment.
My great grandfather of the van Heusden family lived in this castle Wikipedia Dutch: Kasteel Heusden Wikipedia English: Castle Heusden
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| Kasteel Heusden |
Wikipedia Dutch: Kasteel Develstein
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| Kasteel Develstein |
Wikipedia: Slot Ten Hout
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| Slot Den Hout in St. Oedenrode |
Wikipedia English: Ammersoyen castle
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| Ammersoyen Castle |
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasteel_Zuilichem_(Zaltbommel)
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| Constantijn Huygens jr.: Kasteel van Zuilichem, 1657. |
Ridder Eustachius "Steesken, Justacius" van Brakel lived in this castle. We don't know who the first Lord of Brakel was. According to historicus Baron WA van Spaen it was a younger son of the Lords of Altena. He became the owner of the Castle of Brakel and started naming himself "Van Brakel." Cousin Hans Baijense created a beautiful profile of Ridder Eustachius.
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| Castle Brakel |
Vastraet Jansz (Vastraet III) "Heer van Giessen" van Giessen lived in this castle. Cousin Hans Baijense created a beautiful profile of Vastreat III.
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| Example Huys with a Gracht |
Ridder Otto "Heer van Heukelom" van Arkel van Heukelom lived in the : "van Heukelom castle", formely called "Merckenburg." The casstle was mentioned in 1272 for the first time. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasteel_Heukelum (Dutch language with an English, Italian and Slovenian version) https://www.kasteelheukelum.nl (Dutch language)
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| 1647 Drawing of Castle Heukelom |
Kasteel Ter Leede
According to the Chronicle writers the castle van de Leede was built around 1270 by Pelgrim van de Leede. According to Nederlands Biografisch Woordenboek it was Pelgrim son of Folpert van de Lede. It mentions some legendary stories that Pelgrim sold his soul to the devil. He drowned in 1304 at the same event as Jan III van de Lede. In reality it was probably one of the Jan van Leede's or their forefathers that built the Lede castle.
https://www.kasteleninnederland.nl/kasteeldetails.php?id=4550
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heerlijkheid_Ter_Leede (Languages: Dutch, German, Slovenian).
https://www.absolutefacts.nl/kastelen/data/leedeter.htm
https://hkko.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Kahu-200823-terleede.pdf (secret correspondence)
1140–1200 Herbaren I van de Lede formerly Arkel
1200–1207 Ridder Floris van der Lede formerly Lede
1207–1212 Folpert [uncertain] van de Lede
1212–1234 Ridder Herbaren (Herbaren II) "Heer van Arkel" van der Lede
1243–1255 Ridder Johan (Jan I) "Heer van Arkel" van Arkel, (Jan the Sterke, succesion uncertain)
about 1270 Pelgrim van de Lede
1284–1304 Ridder Johan (Jan II) "Heer van Arkel" van Arkel
After 1305 After the death of Ridder Johannes "Jan" van de Lede III, who drowned in the river de Lek in 1304 during the battle of Schoonhoven, the lineage of the "van de Lede family" ended. Ridder Jan (Jan III) "Heer van Arkel" van Arkel inherited all the estates.
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| Kasteel Ter Leede |
