Type Castle Phone +31 343 450 274 | Province Utrecht | |
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Address 3956 CH Leersum, Netherlands Similar Landgoed Zuylestein, Boerderij "De Boterbloe, Bed and Breakfast Klein Gro, Het Hofje van Lies, Bed and Breakfast Darthuize Profiles | ||
Zuylestein Castle (Dutch Huis Zuylenstein; also spelt Zuylestein or Zuilenstein) is a castle and municipality of Leersum in the Netherlands, some twenty miles east of the city of Utrecht.
The house dates to the fourteenth century, but only gained its municipal status in 1536. Originally the property of the burgomaster of Utrecht, the holding passed into the hands of Frederick Henry, then Prince of Orange, in 1630. He ceded the castle and its lands to his illegitimate son, Frederick, together with the title Heer van Zuylestein in 1640. The castle survived the ravages of the European wars that followed, but was severely damaged in the Second World War. Today the house and gardens have been restored.
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