Het Loo Palace
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Het Loo Palace is a palace in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, which was built by the House of Orange-Nassau.
The cour d'honneur and the palace front
Het Loo and its gardens, in a late-17th-century engraving
Mary II's bedroom
Photograph of the gardens, restored according to Desgots's design
William III was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1849 until his death in 1890, and was also the Duke of Limburg from 1849 until the abolition of the duchy in 1866. Having reig
Het Loo Palace
…in the fall of 1840. A few years before, the king had permitted the ancient practice of falconry to be reinstated on the palace grounds. His grandsons William III and Alexander became enthusiastic members of the Royal Loo Hawking Club, the latter serving as President from 1840 until his death in 1848. The falconry…
Formal portrait, c. 1887
King William II and his family (1832) by Jan Baptist van der Hulst with William III on the far left
William III depicted on a 20 gulden proof gold coin (1850)
Portrait by Nicolaas Pieneman, 1856