Kranenburg Germany We’re standing in front of the tomb of John Maurice de Nassau-Siegen. We’re in the village of Hau, on the border of Kleve, and just a few kilometers away from the border with the Netherlands.

John Maurice de Nassau’s life story is not quite one from rags to riches, but it’s certainly one from an origin of relative obscurity, to a grand finale of hobnobbing with Europe’s kings and queens.