Lordship of Utrecht

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The Lordship of Utrecht was a historic territorial lordship in the Low Countries that formed part of the Habsburg Seventeen Provinces in the early modern period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division
historic territory
lordship
associatedWithConflict Eighty Years' War
surface form: Dutch Revolt
associatedWithTreaty Treaty of Utrecht (1528)
borderedBy County of Holland
Duchy of Guelders
surface form: Guelders

Lordship of Overijssel
capital Utrecht
country Habsburg Netherlands
currency guilder
endDate late 16th century
endEvent Eighty Years' War
surface form: Dutch Revolt

Union of Utrecht
era Early modern period
feudalRank lordship under a sovereign prince
flagBearer Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy
governmentType territorial lordship
historicalCategory Former subdivisions of the Netherlands
States General of the Habsburg Netherlands
surface form: States of the Habsburg Netherlands
historicalRegion Utrecht
historicalSubregionOf Northern Netherlands
includedCity Amersfoort
Utrecht
language Dutch
legalSystem Habsburg provincial law
locatedIn present-day Netherlands
namedAfter Utrecht
overlord Holy Roman Emperor
King of Spain
partOf Habsburg Netherlands
Low Countries
Seventeen Provinces
politicalStatus Habsburg vassal territory
predecessor Bishopric of Utrecht
surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht
religion Roman Catholicism
representedIn States General of the Netherlands
rulingHouse House of Habsburg
sovereign Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Philip II of Spain
startDate 1528
startEvent Treaty of Utrecht (1528)
secularization of the Bishopric of Utrecht
successor Province of Utrecht
todayPartOf Kingdom of the Netherlands
Province of Utrecht

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Seventeen Provinces hasPart Lordship of Utrecht
Union of Utrecht signatory Lordship of Utrecht
Habsburg Netherlands includedTerritory Lordship of Utrecht
this entity surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht (secularized parts)
Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 appliesTo Lordship of Utrecht
this entity surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht (secularized territories)
Lord of the Netherlands hasPart Lordship of Utrecht
Bishopric of Utrecht successor Lordship of Utrecht
Treaty of Utrecht (1528) signatory Lordship of Utrecht
Treaty of Utrecht (1528) appliesToTerritory Lordship of Utrecht
Netherlandish lands historicallyIncludes Lordship of Utrecht
Sticht Utrecht successor Lordship of Utrecht