Huis ten Bosch was the home of Queen Beatrix from 1981 to her abdication in 2013;[1] King Willem-Alexander and his family moved in on 13 January 2019.

Construction of Huis ten Bosch began on 2 September 1645, under the direction of Bartholomeus Drijffhout,[3] and to a design by Pieter Post and Jacob van Campen.

It was commissioned by Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, the wife of Stadtholder Frederick Henry, on a parcel of land granted to her by the States General.

Led by the architect-painters Jacob van Campen and Pieter Post, other major artists of the day, such as Gerard van Honthorst, Jacob Jordaens, Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert, Theodoor van Thulden, Caesar van Everdingen, Salomon de Bray, Pieter Soutman, Gonzales Coques, Pieter de Grebber, Adriaen Hanneman, Pieter Hermansz Verelst and Jan Lievens, filled the Oranjezaal ("Orange Hall" ) with paintings glorifying the late prince.

Over the next century and a half, the palace would change possession from the Nassau family, the king of Prussia, and many stadtholders until the Batavian Revolution in 1795.