Paleis Noordeinde

The palace originally started as a midieval farmhouse, which was rebuild into a spacious residence by the steward of the States of Holland, Willem van de Goudt in 1533. The original farmhouse's cellars can still be seen in the palace basement.
In 1609 the widow of William of Orange and her son Stadtholder Frederik Hendrik became owners for the service to the nation. Frederik Hendrik enlarged the house. He also began by buying the surrounding plots of land. After the death of the Stadholder-King William III in 1702, it passed to King Frederick William of Prussia and in 1754 he sold it to Stadholder William V. It later became the Winter Residence of the House of Orange after 1814.
In 1880 Queen Wilhelmina was born here. But it really became a residence after the coronation of our Queen Beatrix. She started to use the palace, after a restauration. She works in the Palace since 1984, and lives nearby in Huis Ten Bosch in The Hague.