Delft: the city of William of Orange

Delft is the city of William of Orange as well as the city where Holland as we know it today came into being. Willem of Orange, Father of the Nation, is forced to flee Breda and ends up at what was then the Prinsenhof in Delft in 1572. From here, he leads the revolt against the Spanish, and successfully so. After the Spanish are defeated, he is responsible for founding the Netherlands as a parliamentary state, the primary principles of which are freedom of religion and expression. The Catholics in the south are unhappy about the freedom of religion, which leads to the murder of William of Orange by Balthasar Gerards in 1584. Since Breda is still occupied by the Spanish, he is interred in the Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) in Delft. Ever since, this church has been the final resting place of many members of the Royal Family.

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