Residents (1675-1795)
In this period, the palace had four owners. It was renovated under the last of these, Prince William IV.
Albertine Agnes (1675)
When Princess Amalia died in 1675, the palace became the property of her daughters. It was used by Albertine Agnes, the wife of Willem Frederik of Nassau, stadholder of Friesland, the only one of Amalia’s daughters living in the Netherlands.
Prince William III (1686)
In 1686 Albertine Agnes sold the usufruct of the palace to Frederik Hendrik’s grandson, Prince William III, who was in need of a summer residence near the seat of government in The Hague. He made some changes to the furnishings and the gardens.
Prince William IV (1732)
On the death of William III without issue in 1702, Huis ten Bosch passed to the King of Prussia, a grandson of Frederik Hendrik’s. However, in 1732, he returned it to the House of Orange-Nassau, in the person of Prince William IV, who undertook large-scale renovations. Two wings were added to the building, under the supervision of the architect Daniel Marot. Thus enlarged, the Palace was frequently the residence of the last two stadholders, William IV and William V.