Radboud University: 'Maxima's of the Seventeenth Century' Made the House of Nassau the Most Influential Family in the Netherlands
March 08, 2025
March 08, 2025
NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands, March 8 -- Radboud University issued the following news:
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"The Maxima's of the seventeenth century" made the House of Nassau the most influential family in the Netherlands
According to historian Lidewij Nissen, power in the seventeenth century Dutch Republic lay not only in the hands of the male stadholders, but also in those of their wives. "King Willem-Alexander's foremothers are responsible for the . . .
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"The Maxima's of the seventeenth century" made the House of Nassau the most influential family in the Netherlands
According to historian Lidewij Nissen, power in the seventeenth century Dutch Republic lay not only in the hands of the male stadholders, but also in those of their wives. "King Willem-Alexander's foremothers are responsible for the . . .