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Adrian. Adrianus (given name) Aernout. Aert. Albert (given name) Albertus (given name) Alexander. Alfred (name) Alvin (given name)
Baas – The Boss. Bakker – Baker. Beek, van – From the brook. Beekhof – garden brook. Beenhouwer – Butcher. Berg, van der – From the cliff, mountain. Berkenbosch – birch wood, a grove of birch trees. Bijl, van der – "from the axe" – i.e. descended from woodcutters (lumberjacks) Boer, de – the Farmer.
A Dutch child's birth and given name (s) must be officially registered by the parents within 3 days after birth. It is not uncommon to give a child several given names. Usually the first one is for daily use, often in a diminutive form. Traditionally, Catholics often chose Latinized names for their children, such as Catharina and Wilhelmus ...
Active painters are therefore underrepresented, while more than half of the artists are baroque painters of the 17th century, roughly corresponding to the Dutch Golden Age. The names of older artists often have many different spellings; the preferred spelling is used as listed in the Netherlands Institute for Art History [4] database, but ...
The history of the Netherlands extends back long before the founding of the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon. For thousands of years, people have been living together around the river deltas of this section of the North Sea coast. Records begin with the four centuries during which the region formed a ...
Princess Irene of the Netherlands, 1939, m. (1964–1981) Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma, 4 children not eligible for throne. Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, 1943–. Pieter van Vollenhoven. Princess Christina of the Netherlands, (1947–2019), m. Jorge Pérez y Guillermo (m. 1975; div. 1996), 3 children not eligible for throne.
Isaac Beeckman (1588–1637), Dutch philosopher. David Gorlaeus (1591-1612), Dutch natural philosopher and proponent of atomism. Jan Amos Comenius (1592–1670), Czech educator and writer. Nicolaes Tulp (1593–1674), doctor, magistrate, and mayor of Amsterdam. René Descartes (1596–1650), French philosopher lived in Holland from 1628 to 1649.
From the early 18th to 19th century, many members of the family emigrated and established themselves in North America and South Africa. The family no longer holds official lands or positions at the Dutch royal court or within the government. The current Marquise van Eeden resides in the United Kingdom.