Egmond Castle

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Egmond Castle
Kasteel Egmond
Egmond aan den Hoef, the Netherlands
Kasteel Egmond in 1638
Egmond Castle
Coordinates	52°37′19″N 4°39′15″E / 52.621955°N 4.654175°E / 52.621955; 4.654175
Type	Water Castle
Site information
Open to the public	Yes
Condition	Restored ruins
Site history
Built	c. 1150

Egmond Castle (Dutch: Kasteel Egmond), also called the Ruins of Egmond (Dutch: Ruïne van Egmond), is a ruined medieval castle in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is located in Egmond aan den Hoef in the municipality of Bergen and lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of Alkmaar. The castle dates from the 11th century and is the ancestral seat of the Egmond family, whose members became sovereign Dukes of Guelders, Counts of Egmond and Princes of Gavere, Counts of Buren and Leerdam.^[1] It is a national monument of the Netherlands.