Ilpenstein Castle (dutch: ''Ilpenstein'', ''Huis te Ilpendam'', ''Hof te Ilpendam'') was a
castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
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. Ilp ...
(
Waterland) in the north of the city of
Amsterdam.
History
In the year 1618
Volkert Overlander -
knight,
mayor 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, who had married his daughter Maria, inherited his influence and properties in the north of Amsterdam as well as the title ''Lord of Purmerland and Ilpendam''. After Banning Cocqs death in 1655 the castle belonged to the Amsterdam regent family
De Graeff.
Joost van den Vondel wrote poems about
Pieter de Graeff
Pieter de Graeff (15 August 1638 – 3 June 1707), was a member of the De Graeff-family from the Dutch Golden Age. He was an Amsterdam Regent during the late 1660s and the early 1670s, and held the titles as Lord of the semi-sovereign Fief Zui ...
s and Jacoba Bickers wedding in 1662 at castle Ilpenstein. Their cousin and brother-in-law
Johan de Witt 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
See also
* List of castles in the Netherlands
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)
References
{{Reflist
House De Graeff
Lords of Purmerland and Ilpendam
Buildings and structures completed in 1622
Buildings and structures demolished in 1872
Palaces in the Netherlands
Ruined castles in the Netherlands
Castles in North Holland
Waterland
1622 establishments in the Dutch Republic