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Every case set in what is now Netherlands, best-known first. Cities, states and old kingdoms count under the country that holds them today.

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Cases in Netherlands

Best-known first. Each card opens the full cited case.

Cases
11
Years
1642 to 2020
Region
Europe
Main subjects
Secret heirs, Lasting legacies, Hollywood and TV, European families
Families
House of Bourbon, House of Hohenzollern, House of Liechtenstein
Updated
30 October 2026
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld: Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld 19762004 · Utrecht, NetherlandsPrince Bernhard denied a secret daughter to the Lockheed inquiry, then left her and a second one a sixth of his estate eachPrince Bernhard married Princess Juliana in 1937; she reigned from 1948 to 1980. In 1976 a government inquiry, the Commissie van Drie, found that Lockheed had sent $1.1 million in bribes meant for him.nos.nl and 4 moreAI illustration: The Linnaeusstraat in Amsterdam on a grey November morning, 2004, a bicycle lying on its side in the empty street2004 · Amsterdam, NetherlandsTheo van Gogh was killed on an Amsterdam street on 2 November 2004, and Mohammed Bouyeri was sentenced to life without parole as a terroristTheo van Gogh was cycling to work in Amsterdam on 2 November 2004 when Mohammed Bouyeri attacked him. Van Gogh had directed Submission, a short film on the treatment of women in Islam.Al Jazeera and 3 moreFreddy Heineken: Persconferentie jaarcijfers Heineken voorzitter RvB A. H. Heineken (kop), Bestanddeelnr 933-28952002 · NoordwijkFreddy Heineken was kidnapped for 35 million guilders, and his only daughter inherited control of the breweryFreddy Heineken joined his grandfather's brewery in 1941, when the family no longer controlled it.digibron.nl and 8 moreKarl Wilhelm Naundorff: Naundorff11845 · Delft, NetherlandsKarl Wilhelm Naundorff sued the Bourbons as the lost son of Louis XVI, and DNA from the boy's heart ended the claim in 2000Louis-Charles, son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, died in the Temple prison in Paris on 8 June 1795, aged 10. At the autopsy the physician Philippe-Jean Pelletan took his heart.Wikipedia (English) and 2 moreMain front of Lednice Castle 4800 Planar 3: Main front of Lednice Castle2020 · Lednice and Valtice, Czech Republic; Cologne, Germany; StrasCzechoslovakia seized the Prince of Liechtenstein's estates as German property in 1945, and when one of his paintings was lent to Cologne, every court turned him awayThe princely house of Liechtenstein held estates in Bohemia and Moravia, including the Lednice and Valtice chateaux, now a UNESCO site.icj-cij.org and 3 moreYukos-azs: Yukos petrol station, Moscow2003 · Moscow, Russia, and The Hague, NetherlandsRussia jailed Yukos owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky and auctioned his oil company for back taxes, and the Dutch Supreme Court made a $50 billion award to its shareholders finalMikhail Khodorkovsky bought Yukos at a 1995 state auction for $350 million. It became Russia's second-biggest oil company, and his fortune was estimated at more than $15 billion.yahoo.com and 2 moreAI illustration: Huis Doorn, the Kaiser's house in exile in the Netherlands, 19411941 · Huis Doorn, NetherlandsThe Kaiser's heirs claimed thousands of artworks and compensation, dropped the suits over the Nazi question, and settled after 99 yearsKaiser Wilhelm II abdicated in November 1918 and went into exile at Doorn in the Netherlands. A 1926 agreement between the Prussian state and the Hohenzollerns divided the royal property.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de and 2 moreMisión de Nuestra Señora de Loreto - Baja California Sur (14563317428): Loreto, Mexico 2014 Legend and history confirms that Father Juan Maria de Salvatierra with very few resource1842 · Mexico City, Mexico; California, USA; The Hague, NetherlandsMexico seized the Jesuit mission fund for California in 1842, and the claim ran 125 years through the first case at The HagueIn 1697 donors in Mexico began giving money and land to the Jesuits to support missions in California. Spain allowed it on condition that the royal treasury paid nothing.history.state.gov and 3 moreJohannes Vermeer: The Procuress.1675 · Delft, Dutch RepublicVermeer died with 11 children and debts; his widow paid creditors in paintings and petitioned for bankruptcyThe Franco-Dutch War cut the art market. Vermeer took losses on the paintings he dealt in and could not sell his own. In 1675 he borrowed money in Amsterdam by using his mother-in-law Maria Thins's name without authority.Wikipedia (English) and 1 moreDe Lekdijk bij Hagestein dicht bij de stuw: Koolzaadtijd, dan is het zeker mooi op de Lekdijk in Hagestein niet ver van de stuw en het begin van de mooie Hoeveweg en ook niet ver v1648 · Utrecht, NetherlandsA Dutch water board still pays interest on dike bonds sold in 1638 and 1648, and Yale collected 12 years of it in 2015On 31 December 1624 ice and high water broke the Lek river dike near Tull en 't Waal, and the flood reached Rotterdam and Amsterdam.coinbooks.org and 2 moreSaskia van Uylenburgh: Portrait of Saskia van Uylenburgh title QS:P1476,en:"Portrait of Saskia van Uylenburgh "label QS:Len,"Portrait of Saskia1642 · Amsterdam, NetherlandsSaskia's will let Rembrandt use their son's inheritance only if he never remarried, and he lived unmarried and went bankruptRembrandt married Saskia van Uylenburgh on 22 June 1634. In 1638 her Frisian relatives complained that she was squandering her inheritance. In 1639 Rembrandt bought a house on the Sint Antonisbreestraat for 13,000 guilders.assets.cambridge.org and 4 more