Brederode Castle

Brederode Castle, additionally referred to as the Ruins of Brederode is placed close to Santpoort-Zuid. The fortress became founded within the 2nd 1/2 of the thirteenth century by using William I van Brederode 1215–1285. William became a descendant of the lords van Teylingen, who were associated with the counts of Holland. The citadel shaped a part of the excessive lordship Brederode, which had been given in mortgage inside the thirteenth century to the lords of Brederode by means of the matter of Holland.

The name Brederode is a reference to a wooded region referred to as Brede Roede actually: extensive wood, that turned into cleared and on which the castle turned into built. The citadel turned into at the start not more than a tower, but around 1300 Dirk II van Brederode had the tower pulled down and replaced with a proper fort. During the Hook and Cod wars, the Brederode circle of relatives stayed unswerving to Margaret of Bavaria. In 1351 the fortress became besieged with the aid of Gijsbrecht van Nijenrode, who supported the opposing Cod faction. After the surrender of the citadel, it become so badly broken that it become demolished. After the reconciliation of the Brederode family and the counts of Holland in 1354, the citadel turned into rebuilt. It became now not used as dwelling space, but it did stay a base of strategic significance for the Hook faction, led by way of William van Brederode.