Notable Burials
- Margaret of Cleves wife of Albrecht of Bavaria
- Poet and statesman Jacob Cats was buried in the Kloosterkerk in 1660 and has a memorial against a pillar inside the church still today.
- Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, for whom in 2002 a bronze commemorative plaque was unveiled by the Polish ambassador.
Read more about this topic: Kloosterkerk, The Hague
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