Marnix Castle

Marnix CastleThe national anthem of The Netherlands is the Wilhelmus, composed in 1568 by Marnix van Sint Aldegonde. He was an important man in the history of The Netherlands because he was advisor to Prins William I of Orange. Prins William I organized the liberation of The Netherlands after a war which lasted eighty years. The war had been with the Roman Catholic king of Spain, who wanted all the people to leave the Reformation and return to the Church of Rome. Marnix was born in 1540 in...