[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  ArchaeoHistories [@histories_arch](/creator/twitter/histories_arch) on x 233K followers Created: 2025-07-19 21:10:58 UTC De Haar Castle (Kasteel de Haar) is located outside Utrecht, Netherlands 🇳🇱 - It is the largest castle in The Netherlands. The oldest historical record of a building at the location of the current castle dates to 1391 AD. In that year, De Haar family received the castle and the surrounding lands as a fiefdom from Hendrik van Woerden. The castle remained in the ownership of the De Haar family until 1440 AD, when the last male heir died childless. The castle then passed to the Van Zuylen family. In 1482, castle was burned down and the walls were destroyed, except for the parts that did not have a military function. These parts probably were incorporated into the castle when it was rebuilt during early 16th Century AD. The castle is mentioned in an inventory of the possessions of Steven van Zuylen from 1506 AD, and again in a list of fiefdoms in the province Utrecht from 1536 AD. The oldest image of the castle dates to 1554 AD, and shows that the castle had been largely rebuilt by then. After 1641 AD, when Johan van Zuylen van de Haar died childless, the castle seems to have gradually fallen into ruins. The castle escaped total destruction by French during the Rampjaar 1672 AD. In 1801, last Catholic van Zuylen in Netherlands, bachelor Anton-Martinus van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1708–1801), bequeathed the property to his cousin Jean-Jacques van Zuylen van Nyevelt (1752–1846) of the Catholic branch in Southern Netherlands. 📷© MarkVzquez #archaeohistories  XXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [netherlands](/topic/netherlands) [Post Link](https://x.com/histories_arch/status/1946679177433735186)
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De Haar Castle (Kasteel de Haar) is located outside Utrecht, Netherlands 🇳🇱 - It is the largest castle in The Netherlands.
The oldest historical record of a building at the location of the current castle dates to 1391 AD. In that year, De Haar family received the castle and the surrounding lands as a fiefdom from Hendrik van Woerden. The castle remained in the ownership of the De Haar family until 1440 AD, when the last male heir died childless. The castle then passed to the Van Zuylen family.
In 1482, castle was burned down and the walls were destroyed, except for the parts that did not have a military function. These parts probably were incorporated into the castle when it was rebuilt during early 16th Century AD. The castle is mentioned in an inventory of the possessions of Steven van Zuylen from 1506 AD, and again in a list of fiefdoms in the province Utrecht from 1536 AD. The oldest image of the castle dates to 1554 AD, and shows that the castle had been largely rebuilt by then. After 1641 AD, when Johan van Zuylen van de Haar died childless, the castle seems to have gradually fallen into ruins. The castle escaped total destruction by French during the Rampjaar 1672 AD.
In 1801, last Catholic van Zuylen in Netherlands, bachelor Anton-Martinus van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1708–1801), bequeathed the property to his cousin Jean-Jacques van Zuylen van Nyevelt (1752–1846) of the Catholic branch in Southern Netherlands.
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