A small lordship in Germany on the border of Gelderland and Cleves - it is about 2 miles (3 km.) from the Dutch frontier, on the Issel (Dutch: Oude Ijssel) River, some 14 miles (22½ km.) east of Cleves.The Van Zuylen family were the owners of, amongst other properties, the castle of Anholt. They were servants (ministeriales) of the bishopric of Utrecht, called Van Zuylen [Sulen, Suylen] after the village Su(y)len near Rees, county of Cleves. They were also Lords of Zuylen, a small lordship in the bishopric of Utrecht (ca. 1250-1380).