Het Loo Palace (Dutch: Paleis Het Loo [paːˈlɛis ɦɛt ˈloː], meaning "The Lea") is a palace in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, which was built by the House of Orange-Nassau. The symmetrical Dutch Baroque building was designed by Jacob Roman and Johan van Swieten. It was built between 1684 and 1686 for stadtholder-king William III and his consort Mary II of England. The garden was designed by Claude Desgots. After the elder House of Orange-Nassau had become extinct with the death of William III in 1702, he left all his estates in the Netherlands to his cousin John William Friso of the House of Nassau-Dietz in his will. However, Frederick I of Prussia claimed them, as he also descended from the princes of Orange, and the Houses of Orange-Nassau and Hohenzollern had, a few generations before, made an inheritance contract. Therefore, most of the older properties, although not including Het Loo, were in fact taken over by the Hohenzollerns, who never lived there. John William Friso's son, William IV, Prince of Orange, finally took over Het Loo and Soestdijk Palace, as well as Huis ten Bosch near The Hague. His widow later bought back several of the older properties in and around The Hague from Frederick William I of Prussia in 1732. More information...
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