's-Hertogenbosch - Zwanenbroederhuis

To the northeast of the Cathedral is the Zwanenbroederhuis, a white building which is the headquarters of the Illustre Lieve Vrouwe Broederschap or Zwanenbroederschap (Illustrious Confraternity of Our Lady or Confraternity of Swans), said to have been founded in 1318. Although it was originally a Roman Catholic society, it began to admit Protestants (among them William I) after the Reformation.