Ammersoyen Castle

Ammersoyen Castle is located in Ammerzoden within the Bommelerwaard vicinity in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. When the unique creation of the castle took place is uncertain; some assets it changed into as early because the 12th century. However, the consensus among historians is that the Van Herlaer circle of relatives completed the castle in the 1350s. At the time of its production, the fortress turned into built alongside a department of the River Maas.

Just some years after the development of the citadel turned into finished, the river become rerouted leaving the fort to be surrounded by means of a moat. Dirk Van Herlaer, of the Van Herlaer circle of relatives, constructed the fortress inside the 1350s. Upon Dirk’s loss of life in 1354, the castle became exceeded onto his eldest son, Gerhard. Over the subsequent 30 years the castle passed arms numerous times within the circle of relatives. When Gerhard died, the fort become handed onto his brother, Arent. Gerhard had no children to claim the fortress as a part of their inheritance, that's the purpose it changed into exceeded to his brother. When Arent died in 1384, the castle was given to his son, Arent Hoeman. It is beneath Arent Hoeman in which the Van Herlaer’s lost control of the citadel for desirable.