Schloss Oranienstein
Manor in Diez, Germany, dating from 1671
Schloss Oranienstein is one of the palaces of the House of Orange-Nassau, sited at Diez on the Lahn. It was built on the ruins of Dierstein Abbey between 1672 and 1681 for Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau after she was widowed. She also owned a palace in Frisia, the Palace of Oranjewoud. After the French Republican invasion destroyed the Dutch Republic in 1795, stadtholder William V, Prince of Orange and his family first fled to England, before settling in Oranienstein for several years. Here, William and his son William Frederick issued the Oranienstein Letters, recognising the Batavian Rep
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- Type:
- Manor
- Period:
- 1671
- Where:
- Diez, Germany
- Coordinates:
- 50.38°N, 8.01°E
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