Last week I was invited to view the new exhibition from the National Archives in The Hague. At the same time a new book was presented, which is (so far) only in Dutch. The book is called ‘Majoor van Oranje. Jacobus Hojel, ooggetuige van de beginjaren van ons koninkrijk’ (English: Major of Orange, Jacobus Hojel, [read more]
Last weekend I spent an afternoon with Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, or rather her legacy. This was a day trip organised by Historizon, which is a Dutch travel agency who also arranges longer trips. They have something coming up in October about the wives of William of Orange, so I might go to that [read more]
Ada of Huntingdon and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg were both Countesses of Holland 60 years apart. Ada of Huntingdon was the wife of Floris III and she lived from 1146 to about 1206. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the wife of William II and lived from 1235 to 1266. Though Elisabeth is relatively unknown there is an [read more]
Ada of Holland was one of the three surviving daughters of Dirk VII of Holland and his wife Adelaide of Cleves, daughter of Dietrich II, Count of Cleves and Adelaide of Sulzbach. Her father paved the way for her succession by making Holland inheritable by women. At the time of Dirk’s death in 1203, Ada [read more]
Petronilla of Lorraine was born circa 1092 as the daughter of Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine and Hedwig of Formbach. She was their eldest daughter. She received the customary education for noble women. She was taught embroidery and needlepoint, but she was also taught to read and write. Around 1100 she married the Count of Holland, [read more]
The three Adas were all ancestors of the British royal family and the name Ada was a family name, which probably originated as Adeline or Adelaide. The first Ada was Ada de Warenne who was born circa 1120 as the daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey and Elisabeth of Vermandois. Ada married Prince [read more]
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