Ilpenstein Castle (dutch: ''Ilpenstein'', ''Huis te Ilpendam'', ''Hof te Ilpendam'') was a

castle A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private ...

of the

Free and high Lordship of Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam {{Infobox country , native_name = ''Hoge heerlijkheid Purmerend en Purmerland / Hoge heerlijkheid Purmerland en Ilpendam'' , conventional_long_name = High Lordship of Purmerend and Purmerland / High Lordship of Purmerland and Ilpendam , c ...

, located in

Ilpendam Ilpendam is a village in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Waterland, and lies about 4 km south of Purmerend. It covers an area of 2.46 km2 (0.95 sq mi) and had 1,780 inhabitants in 2008. Ilpe ...

(

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) in the north of the city of

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History

In the year 1618

Volkert Overlander Volkert Overlander (also ''Volcker'' and ''Volckert Overlander''; 7 October 1570 – 18 October 1630) was a Dutch noble, jurist, ship-owner, merchant and an Amsterdam regent from the Dutch Golden Age. Biography Volkert Overlander was born in Amst ...

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and advisor of the city of Amsterdam - bought the Lordship from the Count of Egmond. In 1622 Overlander built the castle of ''Ilpenstein''. After Overlanders death

Frans Banning Cocq Frans Banninck Cocq (sometimes incorrectly spelled as Banning), ''free lord of Purmerland and Ilpendam'' (February 23, 1605 – January 1, 1655) was a knight, burgemeester (mayor) and military person of Amsterdam in the mid-17th century, the Dutc ...

, who had married his daughter

Maria Overlander van Purmerland Maria Overlander van Purmerland (Amsterdam, 24 June 1603 – 27 January 1678) was a noble from the Dutch Golden Age and Free Lady of Purmerland and Ilpendam. She was married to Frans Banninck Cocq, who was the captain of the 1642 painting ''The ...

, inherited his influence and properties in the north of Amsterdam as well as the title ''Free Lord of Purmerland and Ilpendam''. After Banning Cocqs death in 1655 the castle belonged to the Amsterdam regent family

De Graeff De Graeff (; also: '' De Graef'', ''Graef'', ''Graeff'', ''Graaff'', ''Graaf'' and ''De Graeff van Polsbroek'') is a Dutch Nobility, noble family. The family divided into different lines, in Holland, Prussia (Germany) and South Africa including ...

Joost van den Vondel Joost van den Vondel (; 17 November 1587 – 5 February 1679) was a Dutch playwright, poet, literary translator and writer. He is generally regarded as the greatest writer in the Dutch language as well as an important figure in the history of Wes ...

wrote poems about

Pieter de Graeff Pieter de Graeff (15 August 1638 – 3 June 1707) was a Dutch Republic, Dutch Aristocracy (class), aristocrat of the Dutch Golden Age and one of the most influential pro-state, republican Amsterdam regenten, Regents during the late 1660s and the ...

s and Jacoba Bickers wedding in 1662 at castle Ilpenstein. Their cousin and brother-in-law

Johan de Witt Johan de Witt (24 September 1625 – 20 August 1672) was a Dutch statesman and mathematician who was a major political figure during the First Stadtholderless Period, when flourishing global trade in a period of rapid European colonial exp ...

was also at the wedding. The last residents of the castle were ''Christina Elisabeth de Graeff'' and her husband ''Jacob Gerrit van Garderen''. In 1872, the castle was sold and demolished"Repertorium", by Otto Rieder, p 195 (dutch)
/ref> and a new building was constructed at the site. Image:Ilpenstein.jpg, Map of Ilpenstein

External links

* De Bruijn, J.H. ''De bewoners van het Kasteel Ilpenstein en hun nakomelingen'', 1827 - 1957. Ilpendam 1958 * Moelker, H.P. ''De heerlijkheid Purmerland en Ilpendam'' (1978 Purmerend)
''Het Huis te Ilpendam en deszelfs voornaamste Bezitters'' (nl)

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