Lordship of Utrecht

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former administrative division historic territory lordship

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.

Aliases (2)

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former administrative division → historic territory → lordship →
associatedWithConflict	Dutch Revolt →
associatedWithTreaty	Treaty of Utrecht (1528) →
borderedBy	County of Holland → Guelders → Lordship of Overijssel →
capital	Utrecht NERFINISHED →
country	Habsburg Netherlands →
currency	guilder →
endDate	late 16th century →
endEvent	Dutch Revolt → Union of Utrecht →
era	Early modern period →
feudalRank	lordship under a sovereign prince →
flagBearer	Habsburg Monarchy →
governmentType	territorial lordship →
historicalCategory	Former subdivisions of the Netherlands → States of the Habsburg Netherlands →
historicalRegion	Utrecht NERFINISHED →
historicalSubregionOf	Northern Netherlands →
includedCity	Amersfoort NERFINISHED → Utrecht NERFINISHED →
language	Dutch →
legalSystem	Habsburg provincial law →
locatedIn	present-day Netherlands →
namedAfter	Utrecht NERFINISHED →
overlord	Holy Roman Emperor → King of Spain →
partOf	Habsburg Netherlands → Low Countries → Seventeen Provinces →
politicalStatus	Habsburg vassal territory →
predecessor	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 NERFINISHED →
startDate	1528 →
startEvent	Treaty of Utrecht (1528) → secularization of the Bishopric of Utrecht →
successor	Province of Utrecht NERFINISHED →
todayPartOf	Kingdom of the Netherlands → Province of Utrecht NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lord of the Netherlands → Seventeen Provinces →	hasPart
Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 ("Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht (secularized territories)") →	appliesTo
Habsburg Netherlands ("Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht (secularized parts)") →	includedTerritory
Union of Utrecht →	signatory