Inside the Burial Vault of the Dutch Royal Family in Delft

[@dragonclaws9367]

This is the only way I can afford to tour the world right now. Thank you so much Allan for all you do from a grateful American.

[@allanbarton]

It is my pleasure.

[@HCP5]

Fun fact: On the Willem van Oranje monument, in white marble, at his feet you can see a dog. It was Willem’s dog who, the story has it, stopped eating after Willem was killed and soon died after. The dog is buried with Willem inside the tomb and depicted as a sign of loyalty.

[@SwanRonsonDonnyJepp]

That is both sad and beautiful at the same time

[@2468HOTROD]

Both of our late pups were cremated. They have beautiful little wood carved caskets. And they will be buried with me when I go into the ground or cremated myself..I have my own burial plot, but I don't know yet.......that hole is awfully deep....lol

[@RalphEllis]

Even more fun fact. They Dutch do have. thousand year monarchy. They are descended from the 8th century Guillaume de Gellone, the Prince of Orange. This is the Romo-Frank city of Orange in France. But they were kicked out of Orange by Louis XIV, and relocated to Holland. And they are still called the Princes of Orange. R

[@MaryBradley-s3s]

@@RalphEllis so is the British Royal Family a Thousand years

[@68flarg]

Depicting a dog at someone's feet is something that was very, very common in old paintings and statues and is indeed a sign of loyalty, so I dare to say that this specific story is made up. Also because they never found a dog in the burial chamber. The dog symbolizes his loyalty to The Netherlands. If you're interested in symbolism in paintings, visit the channel of Great art explained or google it. Another example: flowers in paintings symbolize transience of life.

[@jobhorn3573]

Prachtige film. Er zit veel materiaal bij die de meeste Nederlanders nog nooit gezien hebben. Klein detail: de Tachtigjarige oorlog was tussen 1568-1648.

[@send2wj]

Excellent video. Well documented. Drawings of the old burial cellars in Delft are rare. Although the taxpayers are paying for the upkeep, the old cellars are off limits. I’m Dutch too, lived in Delft, but I have never heard of pictures of the old cellars. The secrecy around it is in a way sad. I’ve been to the Kaisergruft in Vienna and that is impressive and moving. It shows it can be done differently.

[@bahoonies]

I once visited the Kaisergruft and found it fascinating. Zita of Bourbon-Parma had recently been laid to rest and her tomb was absolutely surrounded by fresh flowers. What I found most moving was seeing a single fresh rose on the sarcophagus of a monarch who had died about 200 years before. It seemed it had some significance for whoever left the flower.

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

The secrecy around is also probably has something to do with DNA. once anyone manages to obtain DNA from coffins. it would come out that the current dutch royal family is illegitimate and that they are not decendants of Willem van Oranje. That line died out with King Willem III who was infertile ...... yet somehow magically manages to produce a throne pretender. A throne pretender who magically VERY much looks like jonkheer de Ranitz who was in the "service"' of queen Emma. The dutch royals are a very dodgy shady family

[@send2wj]

@@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo I don't think so. Not many people know that story anyway. It has to do with the fact that the royals consider the burial cellars as a private place, although they're not paying for it. Which could be considered as unfair, because they're wealthy enough to pay for it. The problem of the Dutch royals nowadays that some of them seem to be out of touch with a large part of the (ordinairy) population, also the king, because of their (massive) wealth and the way they are using it.

[@TheEvertw]

I don't think the old burials are very presentable...

[@send2wj]

@@TheEvertw Probably you are right about the 16th and 17th century coffins/burials. But the 19th-21st century coffins, that is a different story. I’m sure they’re well kept. The mayor of Delft does a round every so often (once a year?) and that person knows it. But I guess a mayor of Delft has to take that secret to his/her grave. Sad. I see no winners in this.

[@Lisette777]

Wow! How cool was that? I had no idea about how the royals of the Netherlands were buried. Your videos are always a rich education in continuous European history, Allan! Many thanks from Canada. Will you be checking in on France at any point...? Just wondering! :)

[@Suncrowne]

Amazing video. Being both Dutch and interested in "royal thanatology" this was truly a treat. Been watching your channel for a long time, but this video really 'hit home', literally, living close to Delft. The pronunciation is superb.

[@EllenCFarmGirl]

I love having a history lessons, for I always dive down the rabbit hole! We haven’t had any juicy bits in a while! Thank you Dr. Barton!❤ Fantastic as always!

[@allanbarton]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@AnimalisMD]

As someone of Dutch descent who recently completed an extensive family tree, (back to the late 1600s) I found this video fascinating. I've been to Delft a few times and have seen those bullet holes and the Niewe Kirke so that makes the talk more special-thank you!

[@sascha1493]

*nieuwe kerk. we're dutch, not scottish

[@AnimalisMD]

@@sascha1493 Forgive me. My written Dutch is rusty, and I was always better at reading it and speaking the language than spelling it having leaned "by ear" from my parents and relatives. I shouldn't have taken the lazy way and copied it from a website and then checked to see the spellchecker didn't change it.

[@frankteunissen6118]

@@sascha1493”Nieuwe Kerk” translates into “New Church”. There is also an “Oude Kerk” (“Old Church”) in Delft, no more than a stone’s throw away from the New Church. These names used to tickle my British Father in Law pink, because the New Church dates from the 13th century, i.e. 700 years ago. Interesting factoid: the New Church is the burial place of the members of the Oranje-Nassau family, stadhouders and royals. The Old Church is the burial place of the admirals of the Admiralty of the Province of Holland in the days of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.

[@VincentGroenewold]

I'm Dutch and even though not into graves a lot, I think you're correct. Grafkelder, with our very special G which comes more from the throat, with the middle area of the tongue going up slightly and breathing it out flowing into the R (not unlike a hissing sound). Not sure if I describe that correctly as I've never done that before. haha Very nice overview and love the videos!

[@allanbarton]

Thanks Vincent - I am very conscious of getting these things right. Thanks for your kind explanation, that does make sense. Thanks for the kind words too about the video.

[@oxwof]

I'm learning Dutch right now, and that explanation is very useful for me in making that sound! Thank you!

[@Oldsmobile69]

You'll be in to graves a lot, eventually.

[@HeleniqueToday]

i wonder if the k in kelder was ever pronounced as sh as in swedish, like the word kärlekens… so a more ancient pronunciation may sound more like (sh)elder.

[@epicemuchilz]

@@allanbarton Another way of thinking about the pronunciation of the "g" sound in Dutch is to think about the way the J is pronounced in Spanish (like the male name José). Usually native English speakers seem to either exaggerate it when they try Dutch (like a throat infection) or skip it entirely but they do seem to have much less difficulty with the Spanish version. You make a K sound when you pronounce "Utrecht", the city I'm writing this very message from (only 200 metes from the location the treaty you mentioned was signed. (ch is pronounced like the g in this case). Just to even things out: for Dutch people the English "th" seems just unpronounceable and even when they have good fluency pronounce th like a d.

[@annwagner5779]

This is all fascinating - thank you. For my PhD in art history, I minored in Dutch Baroque, so I got very interested in Dutch history. When I was visiting Delft, the tomb of William the Silent was undergoing some kind of work and there were barriers up. I could only catch a glimpse between the boards of what I had studied through paintings and photographs. So it’s great see and learn about much more. Thank you!

[@davidrushforth7896]

Remarkable coincidence that your post landed on the very day I was visiting Delft and the Niewe Kirke . Thank you Alan for the deft historical summary. There is an intriguing scale model and information board about the vault. Well worth a visit and likewise the canalsides of the small but beautiful town of Delft.

[@henkoosterink8744]

Nieuwe kerk.

[@carmenfoster6912]

No one else does history like you Dr Barton one becomes immersed into the uniqueness of what you're presenting you have a gift I wish I had professors or teachers like yourself. Bravo!

[@allanbarton]

Thanks very much, glad you're enjoying my channel!

[@Zoydian]

Great informative video, as usual! One minor observation: I'd have loved if you had included some images of the exterior of the church and its surroundings, to complete the visualization of the subject discussed.

[@liekienl]

This is from a Dutch royalty watcher (in Dutch) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJu2k6qbd9V7mck

[@elizabethcornwell4156]

How fascinating!I love your historical talks.What a brilliant history teacher you are!

[@allanbarton]

Elizabeth, that is very kind of you.

[@lonesomevalkyrie]

This was so interesting, nice to learn more about other royal families and their practices.

[@bcoldgoalie]

Quite fascinating to see how these vaults look. You provide a new perspective of what is beneath these ancient cathedral floors. 👏

[@allanbarton]

Glad you appreciated it, thanks for watching!

[@anne-marie2972]

I agree.

[@gregvanderhorn8394]

As an American born Hollander, this was an amazing and educational video to watch. Thank you

[@allanbarton]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TerryC69]

Hi Allan! I am most grateful for yet another painless expansion of my mind. Thank you!

[@allanbarton]

You are very welcome

[@gijsfromthenetherlands5668]

I am Dutch and enjoyed this video very much! Thank you! I have learned much!

[@allanbarton]

Thank you very much indeed.

[@margiesoapyhairbillian4754]

Love that i found your channel.❤

[@allanbarton]

I'm glad you're enjoying it!

[@RobertPrummel]

Marvelous, well researched and faultless as well! Much better than many booklets and articles in Dutch. Robert Prummel Groningen

[@allanbarton]

Thanks very much, glad you appreciated this!

[@susanorr8348]

Excellent video-great information joined with lovely visuals. Thank you

[@allanbarton]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

[@susanross1651]

I’d love to know what happened to the 200 skeletons found when they created the new burial vault.

[@rb3872]

They sold them to a studio in Hollywood for a film they were shooting. Dunno which film anymore though. One with skeletons in them.

[@ronbanning7142]

Thanks for this upload. I'm Dutch as well and found this very interesting.

[@allanbarton]

My pleasure, thanks for watching - I'm really pleased you enjoyed it.

[@jokebosveld2468]

I am dutch myself and this was very interesting, and I do understand that our language is difficult.

[@ciaranjameslawlor3582]

Absolutely brilliant man! Have you or can you maybe do other videos on the Danish, Swedish or Norwegian royal vaults?!

[@allanbarton]

Thank you. There will be loads more to come.

[@MrButtonpresser]

Yes please. The Swedish one would be good.

[@dennis12dec]

The Royal Norwegian burial place is at the chapel of Akerhus Fortress on the Island on the Oslo Fjord the last monarch interred is King Olav V who died in 1991.

[@jeroensoree]

Excellent video. Nice mentioning that the original burial would have been in Breda where Rene de Chalon is buried. Well researched! I live in Breda. Thanks!

[@allanbarton]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

[@rezalrahim5258]

I’ve always been fascinated by British royal vaults but the new Dutch one is amazing. Thanks for the great details

[@allanbarton]

Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching!

[@allangibson8494]

Britain will need a new one when Charles shuffles off. The George VI vault is now full following the interment of his mother.

[@allanbarton]

@@allangibson8494 it's not, there are two more spaces for Charles and Camilla.

[@rezalrahim5258]

@@allangibson8494 I think I read somewhere there’s space for him and his wife in that vault but not his successor. I may be mistaken though

[@allangibson8494]

@@rezalrahim5258No, not in the George VI vault. Princess Margaret chose to be cremated because that was the only way her remains would fit.

[@pjk1714]

So much history in such a short video. Thank you for your efforts.

[@allanbarton]

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!

[@jmd1743]

I'm not sure how to describe it but it looks very..futuristic like a place they would entomb people during the 2200s.

[@ludovica8221]

Looks like a fancy car park to me

[@allanbarton]

Very futuristic. I see your point - a fancy coffin park.

[@richsiwes]

That’s a good remark,since they obviously wanted to make sure it was modern enough for the future royals to use👍🏼👀✨

[@marthavanbeek-putters]

In highschool history lessons we learned a lot about this time in Dutch history. Thank you for explaining again about this time. It’s like being back in class😏

[@allanbarton]

It is a fascinating period, so much change and turbulence.

[@EdwinNikkels]

Yes, the British aren't the only ones with a king. Thanks for this fine forensic analysis. From Amsterdam, E!

[@allanbarton]

Glad you appreciated it! 😊

[@JohanDePla]

I am a Dutch speaking Belgian living in Spain. Burial Vault in Dutch is GRAF KELDER

[@CDForney]

Really enjoy the crypt and burial tours! Thank you, from Ohio, USA 😊❤

[@allanbarton]

Glad you’re enjoying these videos ☺️

[@DenUitvreter]

Some small additions and corrections: Balthasar Gérard was not quickly executed but tortured extensively, already quite unusual for the Dutch at that time. His resiliance in that was actually admired, and was more proof he was a religious catholic zealot rather than someone trying to collect the reward. He didn't go out of his way not to be caught either. The birth of the Netherlands was in 1581, that it took the Spaniards until 1648 to recognize the Netherland, did not really matter anymore since the Dutch Republic had it's golden age mostly during the 80-years war and was considerable military power and the economic superpower.

[@Boogledigs]

Fascinating. Really enjoyed this video.

[@allanbarton]

Thanks for watching, glad you liked it!

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

I was fortunate to visit Delft. As an American, everything is very old there. I look forward to coming back in the summer.

[@richsiwes]

Hope you did! Prettige Kerstdagen!👍🏼👀✨🎄

[@thewhitewitch7691]

🇱🇺🇱🇺🇱🇺🇱🇺🇱🇺🌺🌼🌸🙏🙏🙏🕯️🕯️thank you very much for Diss Film.

[@Zveebo]

Wonderful video. Though I do wonders how they lift the stone above the entrance - it looks rather a large gap, so must be extremely heavy!

[@allanbarton]

Good question, I have no idea, but it must weigh a good few tons.

[@liekienl]

@@allanbarton approx. 2000 kg (I heard in another Dutch video)

[@amymahers2957]

Very interesting and very modern. Thank you for this video.

[@allanbarton]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

[@richsiwes]

I so wish I could visit ‘down there’s..Thank you for this video and Seasonal Greetings from the Nether 👍🏼👀✨🎄

[@Bduh2]

Interesting and educational video. Thank you. Even though I'm originally from The Netherlands and have visited this Church many times when I lived there, you provided some missing info, Thank you.

[@jilltagmorris]

Super enjoyed this!!!!!!

[@allanbarton]

Excellent, thanks for watching!

[@WBCRO]

Beautifully done. Will future royal funerals continue to see the coffins carried down the steps at the end of the service? I didn’t quite catch that aspect of the new vault.

[@Rens1989]

Yes they will. There is a passage from the steps to the new vault

[@davisd_ambly4067]

You're the best, Allan! I delight i your videos!

[@allanbarton]

Thanks Davis, that is much appreciated.

[@Oldsmobile69]

Should probably have mentioned Goethe's play Egmont, which captures the mood of the 1560's and of course Beethoven did the music for it.

[@bomcabedal]

William of Orange is _not_ the ancestor of the Dutch royals; his line died out when his great-grandson Johan Willem Friso drowned in the Merwede river; the present royals descend from his grand-nephew Willem Frederik, stadtholder of Friesland. (Edit and note: I was wrong here, see comment below) Also, saying William was discontent with the treatment of the Dutch people is one reading. The alternative, and not an unlikely one, is that he was recruited by Dutch nobles who were discontent with Habsburg attempts to centralize government and get rid of traditional rights from which these nobles profited. Remember this was not a democratic society; "the people" were only important to early modern nobles as part of the land.

[@m313m70]

William the Silent is the ancestor of the current king, but in the female line. William's male line died out in 1702 when William III died. However all reigning hereditary monarchs in Europe descent from William the Silent in the female line. Through at least two of his children. Louise-Juliana was his oldest daughter from his third marriage to Charlotte of Bourbon-Montpensier. She married Frederik IV of the Palatine. They had one son Frederik V also known as the Winterking and maternal grandfather of George I. and several daughters. One of them married into the Hohenzollern branch reigning in Brandenburg. Her son Frederick William was to be the Great Elector of Brandenburg and father of the first king in Prussia. Another sister married into the Hesse family. The youngest son of William the Silent was Frederik Henry, stadholder and prince of Orange. His marriage to countess Amalia of Solms-Braunfels resulted in one son (William II) and four daughters: Louise Henriette who married the Great Elector of Brandenburg and became the ancestress of the House of Prussia and all it's descendants, Albertine Agnes married Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz the stadholder of Frisia and Groningen. He was a second cousin as his grandfather was the younger brother of William the Silent. Their son Hendrik Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz would succeed his father and had one son Johan Willem Friso the universal heir of William IIII, who was his father's first cousin. A third daughter of FH and Amalia was Henrietta Catharina who married the sovereign prince of Anhalt-Dessau. Their oldest daughter was Henriette Amelie of Anhalt-Dessau who married her first cousin Hendrik Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz. Their son Johan Willem Friso married Maria Louise of Hesse-Kassel who herself descended from Louise-Juliana through her mother. She was pregnant with their second child when her husband drowned. A few months later Willem IV was born. In 1734 he married the Princess Royal Anne of Great-Britain, daughter of George II. George II's paternal grandmother was Sophia of the Palatine youngest daughter of Elizabeth Stuart and Frederik V of the Palatine, himself a maternal grandson of William the Silent. Their son Willem V married into the Prussian royal family as did his son and heir Willem VI who is better known as King Willem I of the Netherlands. His wife as well as all the royal consorts of his successors up to Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld all had their own line of descent from William the Silent. So the current King of the Netherlands as well as all his European hereditary colleagues has multiple lines going back to William the Silent. No not in a male line, but that would be odd considering he inherited the throne from his mother and not his father.

[@bomcabedal]

@@m313m70 Yes, I've read up on it since I made the comment and you're obviously right. The original source was my Frisian schoolmaster, who was particularly proud the royals descended from the Frisian line. Of course there's the still the contentious issue of Wilhelmina's heritage, but we'll never get to the truth of that, I guess.

[@m313m70]

@@bomcabedal Wilhelmina descends through both her parents from Willem IV and Anne of Great-Britain. Her father's line goes through Willem V and her mother's to Carolina of Orange-Nassau. I hope you are not referring to the silly rumour that Emma got pregnant by someone other than her husband. Only fools would believe such a thing. A daughter like Wilhelmina did not give Emma the assurance of inheritance. Only a son would have done so. Yet Emma only had two pregnancies. A first in 1879 that ended in an early miscarriage a the second in the birth of Wilhelmina. Besides Emma knew only too well what would happen if she was not faithful to her husband. Her husband nearly cancelled their marriage because of her close bonds of friendship with untitled girls from well to do families in her home town. Can you imagine what would have been her fate had she committed adultery? Emma and other princesses of her time knew what happened to the likes of Anna of Saxony, Sophia Dorothea of Celle and Caroline Mathilda of Great Britain.

[@bomcabedal]

@@m313m70 The thing is that you can't predict a child will be a son or daugher in the 1890s. It's not such a silly rumour in my view, considering Willem's health. Desperate times call for desperate measures. It's not proven, certainly, but it's also not entirely implausible.

[@m313m70]

@@bomcabedal The reason why it's implausible is that Emma never got pregnant again. Had she wanted to secure her position as the mother of the heir she would have tried for a son again after Wilhelmina was born. The fact that she never did become pregnant again after conceiving twice in the first year of her marriage is proof to me those two pregnancies were by her husband.

[@roberthossen8354]

As a Dutchman, thank you very much, very interesting, especially the new vault. Seen a model of it, no photgrgraphs. By the way, very much in style with the taste of the Royal Family.

[@ludovica8221]

It looks like a car park

[@allanbarton]

Glad you liked it, thanks for watching!

[@finlayfraser9952]

Fascinating!

[@allanbarton]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

[@conningdale8805]

Interesting video. I rather like burial vaults! Thanks for posting.

[@allanbarton]

You and me both!

[@miaomiaochan]

I actually visited the Netherlands with my parents at the end of 2012/start of 2013, and just missed the announcement on January 28 of now-Princess Beatrix's intent to abdicate. I had no idea the burial vault of the House of Orange was in the Nieuwe Kirk in Delft, not the one in Amsterdam that's right next to the royal palace. It's a beautiful country, and I would love to return sometime.

[@norasmith4939]

Nieuwe Kerk is pretty awesome to visit

[@Jack-Hands]

While the palace in Amsterdam is called a royal palace (Koninklijk Paleis), it's not THE royal palace. It was actually built as Amsterdam's city hall, and only became a palace when Napoleon's brother decided to make Amsterdam the capital. The real royal palace is either Paleis Noordeinde (the kings workplace) or paleis Huis ten Bosch (the royal residence), both are in The Hague, along with the rest of the government. The palace in Amsterdam is only used on special occasions, like the coronation ceremony.

[@yespur87]

You did pretty well on 'Grafkelder' ;-)

[@marcusfranconium3392]

During my Navy days , twice i have been along the route as honor gaurd along the route . Prinse Bernard and Prince clause . Quite an impresive experience , And if you vissited delft its a verry narrow , and it ads an other dimension as every one is so close to each other.

[@samasiaskipperable]

That black and white tomb is incredible❤

[@Marian-pb7fd]

Can you please do something on the Stuart vault and all the other Royal vaults. I just found out that the Stuart's had a vault in Westminister Abbey.

[@allanbarton]

I certainly will, thanks for the suggestion. The Georgians also had a vault there, which is interesting.

[@Marian-pb7fd]

@@allanbarton Yes, please. I have only thought of the Georgians being in St. George's chapel. I came to you through your video post on HM Queen Elizabeth II and her burial. Great video post. Where Henry VIII, Charles I and Jane Seymour are buried is that also vault? How many vaults are there in St. George and Westminster Abbey?

[@anne-marie2972]

​@@Marian-pb7fd Yes they are also buried there. You can find images from Google.

[@kevindokter9456]

Seeing the final part my brain was like oh so thats where my tax money is going.

[@mikecooper5604]

can you do the Spanish royal's burial next its a bit more interesting with the bone room etc

[@allanbarton]

Very interesting indeed, thanks for the suggestion.

[@B-Blom]

Dutchie here. The G should be pronounced as CH in “loch”, or preferably even more pronounced. And Utrecht is pronounced as a French U or UU , not as “you” with again that same hard G as in loch (or even harder). Nevertheless not a bad try though.

[@RobertPrummel]

My compliments, your pronounciation of "grafkelder" was correct. Robert Prummel Groningen

[@nieuwegeljo5645]

Your pronunciation of "grafkelder" was excellent.

[@thijs9301]

Great content!

[@allanbarton]

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!

[@guizoctave]

Sorry, but there is a mistake. Philip II of Spain took over the crowns of Spain and other territories attached when Charles V abdicated the crowns of Spain and Netherlands/Burgundy in1555 (Netherlands on oct. 25) and 1556 (Spain) he abdicated the county of Burgundy (now Franche-Comté province in France) in 1558. He never passed away as sovereign. Even the imperial crown was abdicated in 1556, but only recognised by the electoral college of the Empire in 1558.

[@allanbarton]

You are quite correct.

[@ronaldderooij1774]

Well done!

[@allanbarton]

Thank you!

[@49ccMopedWorld]

Our King is not related to Willem of Orange by bloodline. It is not a joke. The last German kaiser was more related to Willem of Orange than our queen at that time and the last 3 kings and one or two stadhouders (sort of early kings) before her, queen Wilhelmina. Go check it out it isn't hard to find out. When the last real Orange related person died, they found a cousin somewhere in Friesland that agreed or sort of was forced to become stadhouder so the Oranges wouldn't be forced to step down, but could continue ruling. Ps The dutch royals are actually...euh...from German origins, just as the british and many other royals around the world I guess haha.

[@a.l.feenstra]

Actually he is. One of his ancestors is Albertine Agnes, a granddaughter of William of Orange.

[@49ccMopedWorld]

@@a.l.feenstra you probably did not check it.

[@mauritsdegraaf]

Jawel, mede door de vrouwelijke lijn

[@bierjip1]

And, as always, the Dutch citizens pay most of the bills of this family.

[@mvdh877]

the royal family and the government are a bunch of criminal money wolves..has always been that way and will always be that way....we dutch people don't dare to take to the streets like in other countries...if we did a little more here instead of whining about everything, hopefully it was a lot better here than now

[@jcortese3300]

Possible trivial question, from 3:15-4:24, I can see that all the members of that family seem to be wearing the same pendant that looks like an animal pelt (a wolf?) or something along those lines. I wonder if it's the same pendant handed down and what the animal signifies?

[@allanbarton]

Not at all trivial - that is the collar of the Burgundian order of chivalry, the Order of a Golden Fleece. Wearing the collar with the Golden Fleece of Colchis badge hanging from it showed you were a member of the order.

[@KCCardCo]

Were the skeletons found during the dig for the new crypt re-interred within the compound?

[@richsiwes]

No,they weren’t as far as I know:they had to make room for ‘royalty ‘..

[@lovetorun8563]

yes you are right we call it a grafkelder . Only that is new grafkelder because the old one is almost full . They never made a clip how the old grafkelder looks like

[@susanorr8348]

My mother-in-laws mother and family were from the lowlands of fresia. Her maiden name was huisenga.

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

*Frisia / Friesland. Huisenga typically Frisian name.

[@underscore3842]

Is the antiquary magazine available in North America?

[@allanbarton]

Yes indeed, we post worldwide.

[@marypalmer1062]

As always...loved

[@allanbarton]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

[@martijnkeisers5900]

Great vid!

[@allanbarton]

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!

[@GeertDelmulle]

On the pronunciation of the word "grafkelder". [...] OK, so all of this boils down to the pronunciation of the letter “g”. There are 2 pronunciations: the ‘soft g’ (used in the south of the Netherlands and Flanders) and the ‘hard g’ (used in the middle and northern parts of the Netherlands). The ‘hard g’ I don’t have to explain - it’s been explained in the comments above. So, what about the ‘soft g’? Well, that sound doesn’t exist in English anymore since the removal of the “yogh” letter from the English alfabet. “yogh” had 2 pronunciations and it’s the second one we’re interested in here - indicated by the latter part of the word “yogh” describing the letter. So, a good replacement would probably be “gh”. That should help to understand the pronunciation of the ‘soft g’. This is why in English the Flemish city of Gent is written as “Ghent” - it’s intended to be pronounced with a ‘soft g’ at the beginning. And finally for the formal treatment of the pronunciation of the ‘soft g’. Consider the letters “f” vs. “v” and “s” vs. “z”: the former (f and s) is pronounced with a narrow restriction in the mouth and is voiceless (meaning: the vocal chords are not vibrated), whereas the latter (v and z) is pronounced with a slightly less narrow restriction in the mouth while vibrating the vocal chords at the same time (i.e. it’s “voiced”). Now -finally ;-)- consider the Greek letter “chi” (looks like “x”) and pronounce it like the Greeks do. For Dutch speaking people here in the comments it’s like the start (ch) of the word “chaos”; but mind you: NO fluttering in the back of your throat! Just pronounce it like the sound of the wind (hint: pronounce it like the Greek pronounce Xania, the name of a port city on the island of Crete). Again you notice that the letter “chi” is voiceless (you can whisper it). Now, finally, pronounce that same letter “chi” but relax the restriction in the back of your throat and vibrate your vocal chords at the same time (i.e. make it “voiced”) - et voila: that’s exactly how you pronounce the ‘soft g’. :-) PS: all of this helps with the correct pronunciation of my first name ;-)

[@beny820]

In my country there are lots of Dutch graves. they died in Indonesia during colonization

[@Mtlmshr]

Fascinating

[@chuckschillingvideos]

4 million Euros and it only holds 24 coffins?

[@richsiwes]

So far for dutch efficiency,right?👀👍🏼✨

[@stoker1931jane]

I wonder if there ever will be 24 Royal caskets stored there? Will the (slimmed down) Royal Dutch Family "last that long"?🤔

[@educanassa100]

Great vídeo

[@allanbarton]

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!

[@tech10k14]

In Yorkshire we refer to such a place as 'Un Oyul in't graaand'.

[@Carolina-Cromwell-I]

Do you know what became of the 200 skeletons? I'm more interested in that now that I know 200 people were exhumed from their final resting places to make room for the Dutch Royal Family. Too often people's final resting places are not final after all regardless of how much time has passed. Some are moved or something else done with their remains or other bodies are laid to rest right on top of them. Sad.

[@fergusryan4921]

Wonderful! Just a note...a Dutch monarch who abdicates becomes a prince/princess once again. So Beatrice is now, once again, a princess, not a queen.

[@allanbarton]

Indeed, but that would be confusing in the context of the video.

[@ludovica8221]

@@allanbarton I agree. I only found out a few weeks ago that Dutch monarchs abdicate without there even being a horrible scandal. I cant say I like the idea of it.. To my mind, kingship is a lifelong duty, a symbolic role of dedication. I cant say I like the idea of monarchy as something that can be stepped away from routinely like being a company exec. I hope it never becomes so meaningless in the UK.. Her late Majesty's pledge of lifelong service was so noble and inspirational and such a good role model. If I am going to give respect to someone in a symbolic leadership role like that there has to be some sacrifice on their part to deserve the gilded lifestyle and revered status... no quitters please!

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

She would be styled queen again upon her death. Thats the custom.

[@johnclarenceberendsen6615]

But Princess Beatrix will not be intererred there, it will be Queen Beatrix that will be laid to rest there one day... The moment Princess Beatrix dies, will be the moment after which she will be called Queen Beatrix again.

[@B-Blom]

@@ludovica8221Dutch Monarchs don’t have to abdicate (be pensioned) but can continue reigning if that is their wish. However, no one in The Netherlands will deny them their rest during the last years of their lives.

[@setonix9151]

Is it the Church of Our Lady, of Bruges or Church of Our Lady of Bruges because I was not aware of the latter Marian title

[@dalecaldwell]

I wonder if Charles II would agree that the English monarchy has been continuous fo 1000 years.

[@allanbarton]

Indeed he would, the Commonwealth was a usurpation and he was a king in exile.

[@dalecaldwell]

@@allanbarton Yes. I am convinced you are right. Thanks. And thanks you for your quite delightful series of videos.

[@allanbarton]

@@dalecaldwell My pleasure, thanks for commenting and for watching.

[@CanuckMedic]

may I suggest? Stadhouder is "city holder" and is best pronounced "Stuthouder"; the is no "h" and should not sound as "shtuthouder" Thanks for your consideration :)

[@CassandraHowe-ho7op]

That's a lot of money. Aren't the royals wealthy enough to buy their own burial places?

[@coreydebruin7001]

Helemaal juist. 💯👍🏻

[@camillechang7120]

You should do a video of prince william gloucester

[@danielkarmy4893]

Sorry, just a moment...Philip the Handsome?! Don't think I've ever been so grateful that I'm not alive in a past century... 😲

[@ludovica8221]

🤣🤣🤣

[@allanbarton]

That is the most attractive picture of him.

[@johnyarbrough502]

His wife Juana supposedly was so smitten with him she refused for weeks after he died to be separated from him. Though a professor of mine years ago jokingly suggested that because of his infidelities she still didn't trust him out of her sight.

[@stoker1931jane]

It only got worse in the "good looks department" for the Spanish Habsburg Royal Family - that's what you get from inbreeding 😅.

[@Vonononie]

Note the former Queen Beatrix is now styled as HRH Princess Beatrix as she abdicated and her son is king

[@allanbarton]

Indeed and Queen Juliana and Queen Wilhelmina did the same - but is known in a historical context as Queen Juliana and Queen Wilhelmina.

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

But upon death they are styled queen again. After abdication Queen Juliana became Princess Juliana agaiin. when she died she was refered to as queen again.

[@RoyalTravelEvents]

@@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo But during her funeral she was still referred to as HRH Princess Juliana not as Queen Juliana.

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

@@RoyalTravelEvents I'm not sure why that is. But she, and all previous monarchs and consorts are always refered to by their highest title after death. Everyone speaks of koningin Juliana, Koningin Wilhelmina, Koningin Emma, Koningin Sophie, Koningin Anna Pavlovna etc. I guess it changes after they have been buried.

[@B-Blom]

@@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapoery simple: there is only one monarch in the Dutch Constitution. So the monarch is already the king (or queen) and doesn’t need competition from a former Head of State. Would Beatrix have kept the Queen title after abdication but before dying, it would go against the idea in the constitution (although not forbidden). Queen Maxima has the rank of princess but is allowed to be called Queen Maxima as per the aristocratic rule of being married to a monarch and thus allowed to be called according to his rank. Other countries keep the aristocratic rule of once a rank had been achieved, you don’t hand it in. But in The Netherlands it is more to the calvinistic tradition of keeping to the Constitution first and foremost.

[@samasiaskipperable]

You’d think after seeing spaces fill up and what’s another $1M? I’d of extended the new spot.

[@jimijames9792]

Pronunciations are usually crappy at best. You've got to love the Dutch way of saying things😂

[@markylegaspi7563]

It is indeed a royal vault. I was expecting to see lots of diamonds

[@vrijepers]

Let's hope the republic comes. The current royal family benefits from an improper inheritance

[@jeffreyyoung4104]

Buried? More like stored for later! At least this will last a while longer than many of the public Mausoleums!

[@erikkastermans6406]

It is een grrafkelder in Nederland! ;-)

[@Blondiewhatever]

They did some restauration of William the Silent's tombe, hidden inside the structure was a wooden box, the whole construction is documented for a tv special, they showed everything accept for the wooden box, they suspect it holds William's heart. Out of respect for William and all he did for the country they would not show it and placed it back where they found it.

[@tombchaser]

the pronouncing of Breda could been bit better 🤭 the house of Willem van Oranje is standing in the forest behind my house (landgoed de Burgst, Breda)

[@barbarawissinger]

Was Johan Friso buried separately as a result of his marriage to Mabel removing him from his position? Or was it the wish of his wife & mother?

[@mvdh877]

On 12 August 2013, it was announced that Prince Friso had died in Huis ten Bosch due to complications from the accident..He was buried on 16 August in the Dutch Reformed Cemetery in the hamlet of Lage Vuursche near Drakesteijn Castle, where he had spent his childhood and where Princess Beatrix returned to live in February 2014. The funeral service, at Stulpkerk church, was strictly private. Members of the public and media could not attend, nor did members of other royal families attend, with the exception of Friso's godfather, King Harald V of Norway. A ceremony of commemoration was held on 2 November 2013 in the Oude Kerk in Delft

[@richsiwes]

It is true that our former Queen Beatrix has a view from her window in her castle right on her Son’s grave-she can see the morning Sun on his grave and there are cameras..they are close in death as they were in life..✨

[@andrekloer]

4:31 the provinces actually predates the nation forming period by several centuries. For example Brabant is first mentioned in documents around 1100, Holland in the 11th century, Flanders in the 9th c. Frisia in Roman documents in the 6th. The Dukes of Burgundy began to forge each of those territories together one by one through war and marriage.

[@yvonnecampbell7036]

Is it just me...or does Charles the Bold look very much like your King Charles??

[@thehuubster]

William is actually not an ancestor of the current day Royals. The line ended with William III and Mary (co rullers of England and the Netherlands). After their death the line went all the way back and over to a brother of William the Silent, William V etc. and back down again. This is the male line now ruling Luxemburg. But you guessed it, the current royal family split of again in 1900 or so since the child of the 70 or so year old William the 3rd with a young girl was a Woman. So the Netherlands had to pass a law that the crown could go over on a woman to keep our current family branch in power. Luxemburg didnt pass this law and so come we have the current Royal family. Where in my opinion we should have been rulled by the Luxemburg branch by now. Or even better revert to the republic since we were a republic longer than a monarchy. And the movement to abolish the monargy is gaining ground fast. Especially under younger people. Recent "scandals" also help this were it seems that altough on paper the king has no power. Goverment clerks turn weak at the knees and are scared to refuse the family things when it comes to following the rules. For example on subsidies for their castles and lands and taxes on inheritances etc.

[@RoyalTravelEvents]

But a generation later the Luxemburgian line died also out in the male line as the Grand Duke Guillaume (or Willem) IV. had six daughters but no sons. this is also the reason that this line is now catholic, as he was married to a portugese Infanta who was catholic. It had been stipulated that sons would be raised protestant and daughters catholic.