Castle Buren
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Castle Buren or Buren Castle was a princely residence in Buren in the Dutch province of Gelderland. The castle was one of the largest castles in the Netherlands. It was the seat of the Buren branch of
Buren castle at the start of the 17th century
Buren castle from a distance by Roelant Roghman
Castle Buren by Abraham Rademaker
Floris van Egmond as Knight of the Golden Fleece
Maximiliaan van Egmond
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Maximiliaan of Egmont was Count of Buren and Leerdam, and Stadtholder of Friesland from 1540 until 1548. He was the son of Floris van Egmont whom he succeeded as count after his father's death in 1539
Castle Buren
…double moat, and three drawbridges, along with four bastions and gun emplacements, they provided grandeur and security. For Floris's successor, Count Maximilian (1509–1548), Pasqualini designed new gates in the city walls, of which only the Huizer or Culemborg gate remains today. He also improved the fortifications…
Maximilian presented this cannon to Henry VIII in 1544