Breda Castle Breda Castle Breda Castle is a castle in the city of Breda, in the Netherlands. In the 12th century, a fortress was located at Breda. The city of Breda came into existence near the fortress. In 1353, the Duke of Brabant sold Breda to Jan II of Polanen (Baron of Breda). He reinforced the castle with four towers and a channel. His daughter Johanna of Polanen married in 1403 the German count Engelbert I of Nassau. Their son Jan IV of Nassau enlarged the castle. Henry III of Nassau-Breda changed the castle into a Renaissance palace in 1536. He died
Siege of Breda (1624) Coloma. Because of the vastness of Breda, Spinola had his troops divided into four compartments. The four subjects with commanders were: The siege of 1624–1625 is the subject of the 1998 novel "El sol de Breda" ("The Sun Over Breda") by the Spanish author Arturo Pérez-Reverte, as part of the "Captain Alatriste" series. The events of the siege – including both the gruelling fighting with the Dutch and the infighting among the Spanish, including a major mutiny by unpaid Spanish troops – are depicted from the point of view of a boy serving with the Spanish forces. The realistic depiction