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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4329409, member: 2844&quot;]Ah, that creates a picture for me. I am Dutch, so I have to delve deep into the memory of my history lessons.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>We call her Jacoba, she was the daughter of the Dutch count William VI, Guillaume 6 on your statue. He was William II of Bavaria though, so the person who wrote it got his numbers and regions mixed up. That probably confused you.</p><p><br /></p><p>After William died, Jacoba/Jacqueline was his rightful heir, but her uncle wanted to get his grubby hands on her inheritance. After all, she was only a woman.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /> But she was a smart woman, and married several times with men who could defend her rights. This turned into successive conflicts between Holland and other parts of Europe.</p><p>In the end she was left with only part of her inheritance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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