[2] In 1288 a Jan van Dussen fought on the Brabant side in the Battle of Worringen.

He broke his leg, as told by Jan van Heelu:[3] Daer leet groot ongemac, Her Jan van Dunse, die daer brac, Sijn been met ongevalle.

There, he suffered great distress, Lord Jan van Dussen, Who there broke, His leg in an accident.

The first version of Dussen Castle had a lone square tower built in or before 1330.

This makes it most likely that the castle gained the current floor plan in the six years following 1387.

[7] In 1356 Arent II van Dussen got the Heerlijkheid Hagoort on loan from Joanna, Duchess of Brabant.

In 1387, 1392, and 1408 Arent II was mentioned as Bailiff of the southern part of the County of Holland.

In 1593 his son Jacob van Brecht got Dussen, but he was drowned near Dole in what was then part of Burgundy.

[13] On 14 February 1628 Eduard van Axel dit Jacot bought the Heerlijkheid Dussen, Munsterkerk and Aartswaarde from Walraven.

In 1763 Alexander Eugène Marquess of Croix, son of Marie Anne succeeded to Dussen.

Their first son was Ernest Charles Eugène Marie Marques de Croix.

Charles Edmond married Marie Amelie de Tournon Simiane.

After his death she retained Dussen Castle, with land in Munsterkerk, Aartswaarde and Hagoort.

[20] In 1901 Dussen Castle became home to the Carmelite sisters, who had been forced out of France.

[21] It led to protests, and on request of the provincial archaeological commission, the owner added the condition that it could not be demolished.

[22] In the end Dussen Castle was bought by Lucas Daniël Suringar from Koudekerken for 20,000 guilders.

After renovation, it would then become the new town hall, a museum, and house for the mayor and Veldwachter (a kind of rural police officer).

The foundation Stichting Vrienden Kasteel Dussen is important for organizing social and cultural activities at the castle.

The castle looks like a renaissance building with two protruding medieval towers.

The flood, and supposed looting of brick, brought heavy destruction to the castle.

The renovation by Van Gendt led to heightening the 1470 wings with one floor, and the construction of the Tuscan gallery, marked by the 1609 commemorative plaque.

The archaeologist Jaap Renaud assumed that all the old parts of the castle dated from the 1387 construction campaign.

The second reason was that while walking around the castle in about 1943, he could not find any vertical construction joint (bouwvoeg), which is normally created when a building is extended.

[4] An old genealogy also interprets the 1387 charter as leading to changing the Dussen house to a castle.

[9] The final blow to Renaud's theory are the two embrasures in the southeast corner of the square floor plan, see 1935 photo.

These differ from all the other small windows at the base level, and are also present in older pictures.

[4] Archaeologist Jaap Ypey (1916-1986) then made a picture or impression of how the castle might have looked before the 1421 flood.