Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic

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The Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic was the chief provincial executive and de facto military and political leader who often wielded monarchical-level power within the otherwise republican Dutch state.

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Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf executive office
political office
abolished 1795
abolishedBy Batavian Revolution
appliesToJurisdiction provinces of the Dutch Republic
appointedBy States General of the Netherlands
provincial States
associatedEvent Glorious Revolution
associatedWith States General of the Netherlands
constitutionalStatus formally a provincial office
not a hereditary monarchy in law
country Dutch Republic
deFactoStatus quasi-monarchical position
etymology derived from Dutch word meaning place-holder or steward
governmentFormContext Dutch Republic
historicalPeriod Anglo-Dutch Wars
Dutch Golden Age
Eighty Years' War
Patriot era in the Dutch Republic
Rampjaar 1672
languageOfLabel Dutch
legacy precursor to the Dutch monarchy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
nativeLabel stadhouder
notableOfficeHolder Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange
Maurice of Nassau
William II, Prince of Orange
Stadtholder William III of Orange
surface form: William III of Orange

William IV, Prince of Orange
William V, Prince of Orange
William I, Prince of Orange
surface form: William the Silent
officeCreatedFor Habsburg Netherlands
surface form: Habsburg Netherlands (as earlier stadhouder office)
officeHoldersTypicallyFrom House of Orange-Nassau
opposedBy Republicans (States Party)
politicalFaction Orangist faction
surface form: Orangists
powerLevel monarchical-level power in a republican state
relatedOffice Admiral-General of the Dutch Republic
Captain-General of the Dutch Republic
Grand Pensionary
surface form: Grand Pensionary of Holland
residence The Hague
role chief provincial executive
de facto military leader
de facto political leader
succeededByOffice raadpensionaris of the Batavian Republic
surface form: Grand Pensionary of the Batavian Republic (as leading statesman)
symbolicAssociation House of Orange-Nassau
surface form: House of Orange
typicalPowers appointment of local magistrates
command of provincial and national armed forces
implementation of decisions of the States
influence over foreign policy

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Staatse leger commandStructure Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic
provincial admiralties coexistsWith Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic
subject surface form: Provincial admiralties
Captain-General of the Dutch Republic oftenCombinedWith Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic