Grand Pensionary

E2095

government position head of government political office

The Grand Pensionary was the leading political official and de facto prime minister of the Dutch Republic, responsible for directing its domestic and foreign policy.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Grand Pensionary of Holland	11
Governor of the United Provinces	1
Grand Pensionary of the Batavian Republic	1
Grand Pensionary of the Dutch Republic	1
Landsadvocaat of Holland	1
landsadvocaat	1
pensionary of Rotterdam	1
raadpensionaris	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government position ⓘ head of government ⓘ political office ⓘ
abolishedWith	end of the Dutch Republic in 1795 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Dutch Republic ⓘ
appointedBy	States of Holland and West Friesland ⓘ surface form: States of Holland provincial States ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution	Council of State of the Netherlands ⓘ States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
country	Dutch Republic ⓘ
deFactoScope	entire Dutch Republic ⓘ
governmentBranch	executive branch of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
historicalContext	existed during the Anglo-Dutch Wars ⓘ existed during the Eighty Years War ⓘ existed during the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
inception	17th century ⓘ
influencedBy	urban regent oligarchy of Holland ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Dutch ⓘ
mainFunction	directing domestic policy of the Dutch Republic ⓘ directing foreign policy of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder	Anthonie Heinsius ⓘ Isaac van Hoornbeek ⓘ Johan de Witt ⓘ Johan van Oldenbarnevelt ⓘ Simon van Slingelandt ⓘ
officeHierarchy	senior civil servant of Holland ⓘ
officeHolderTitleInDutch	Grand Pensionary self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: landsadvocaat Grand Pensionary self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: raadpensionaris
officeScope	province of Holland ⓘ
partOf	States of Holland and West Friesland ⓘ
politicalSystem	federal republic ⓘ
powerBase	merchant elite of Holland ⓘ
powerLimitation	formally subordinate to the States of Holland ⓘ shared power with the stadtholder ⓘ
precededBy	Grand Pensionary self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Landsadvocaat of Holland
relativePower	most powerful civilian office in the Dutch Republic ⓘ
responsibility	advising the States General of the Netherlands ⓘ conducting negotiations with foreign powers ⓘ coordinating military and naval policy with the stadtholder and admiralties ⓘ drafting important state documents ⓘ preparing resolutions for the States of Holland ⓘ
roleInGovernment	de facto prime minister of the Dutch Republic ⓘ leading political official of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
seatOfOffice	The Hague ⓘ
significantPeriod	Dutch Golden Age ⓘ
succeededByOffice	government offices of the Batavian Republic ⓘ
termLength	usually five years ⓘ
typeOfHeadOfGovernment	non-monarchical head of government ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Provinces → hadGovernor → Grand Pensionary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor of the United Provinces

Simon van Slingelandt → hasHonorificTitle → Grand Pensionary ⓘ

Dutch Republic → headOfGovernmentTitle → Grand Pensionary ⓘ

United Provinces → headOfGovernmentTitle → Grand Pensionary ⓘ

Batavian Republic → headOfState → Grand Pensionary ⓘ

Simon van Slingelandt → notableOffice → Grand Pensionary ⓘ