Lichtenvoorde

Lichtenvoorde is a Dutch metropolis in the Oost Gelre municipality inside the Achterhoek, province of Gelderland. In the early 14th century, Gijsbert IV van Bronckhorst had Lichtenvoorde citadel constructed near a fore inside the southern a part of Borculo glory. It is stated for the first time in 1312. In 1496, Frederik van Bronckhorst founded a chapel close to the citadel, from which an impartial parish would later emerge. Previously, Lichtenvoorde with the surrounding neighborhoods heard Vragender, Lievelde and Zieuwent ecclesiastical beneath Groenlo.

Near the castle and the chapel, a village additionally emerged, the contemporary Lichtenvoorde. In 1616 the then guardianship of Lichtenvoorde was detached from the Borculo glory and Lichtenvoorde have become an independent glory. There were possessions inside this glory, Tongerlo and Harreveld. The glory became purchased with the aid of actor Willem V by using deed of December 27, 1776. Until the Batavian Revolution in 1795, the honor remained a private possession of the Oranges. Afterwards, best the title Heer van Lichtenvoorde changed into retained. One of the titles of Willem Alexander is therefore Heer van Lichtenvoorde.