Decadent Castle De Haar-7
In the 17th century the descendants of Josyna and Dirk became extinct and the castle was inherited by the Van Stembor family who lived in the Southern Netherlands (present-day Belgium). During 1672/1673 the castle was damaged by French troops. A female family member married to a Rudolf van Zuylen van Nijevelt and when their son died childless in 1801 the castle was inherited by a distant cousin JJ. van Zuylen van Nijevelt. By then the castle had been in a ruinous and desolate state for almost 2 centuries.
In 1890 his son, baron Etienne van Zuylen van Nijevelt, inherited the impressive ruins of De Haar Castle. He had always been fascinated about his family history and had fantasized about rebuilding De Haar Castle on a grand scale as a monument of his family history. In 1887, however, he had married the French baroness Helene de Rothschild (member of the extremely wealthy De Rothschild family), which enabled him to make his fantasy come true.
Decadent Castle De Haar-7
In the 17th century the descendants of Josyna and Dirk became extinct and the castle was inherited by the Van Stembor family who lived in the Southern Netherlands (present-day Belgium). During 1672/1673 the castle was damaged by French troops. A female family member married to a Rudolf van Zuylen van Nijevelt and when their son died childless in 1801 the castle was inherited by a distant cousin JJ. van Zuylen van Nijevelt. By then the castle had been in a ruinous and desolate state for almost 2 centuries.
In 1890 his son, baron Etienne van Zuylen van Nijevelt, inherited the impressive ruins of De Haar Castle. He had always been fascinated about his family history and had fantasized about rebuilding De Haar Castle on a grand scale as a monument of his family history. In 1887, however, he had married the French baroness Helene de Rothschild (member of the extremely wealthy De Rothschild family), which enabled him to make his fantasy come true.