County of Holland

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constituent territory of the Low Countries county former political entity

The County of Holland was a historically significant medieval and early modern county in the Low Countries that formed the political and economic core of what later became the Netherlands.

Aliases (2)

Province of Holland ×2
Counts of Holland ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constituent territory of the Low Countries → county → former political entity →
capital	Haarlem NERFINISHED → The Hague →
coatOfArms	red lion rampant on a gold field →
contains	Alkmaar NERFINISHED → Amsterdam → Delft → Dordrecht NERFINISHED → Gouda → Leiden NERFINISHED → Rotterdam NERFINISHED →
country	Holy Roman Empire →
dissolved	1795 →
economicRole	core of Dutch maritime trade → political and economic core of the later Netherlands →
endTime	1795 →
followedBy	Batavian Republic →
governmentType	estate-based monarchy → feudal county →
inception	c. 10th century →
language	Dutch → Middle Dutch →
laterStatus	dominant province within the Dutch Republic →
locatedInPresentDay	Netherlands →
locatedInRegion	North Sea coast → Western Europe →
partiallyCoterminousWith	modern province of North Holland → modern province of South Holland →
partOf	Burgundian Circle → Burgundian Netherlands → Dutch Republic → Habsburg Netherlands → Low Countries → Seventeen Provinces →
precededBy	County of West Frisia →
religion	Protestantism → Roman Catholicism →
ruledBy	House of Avesnes → House of Burgundy → House of Habsburg → House of Holland → House of Orange-Nassau → House of Wittelsbach →
significantEvent	Eighty Years' War → Hook and Cod wars →
sovereignUntil	1581 (Act of Abjuration) →
startTime	10th century →

Referenced by (47)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Constantijn Huygens → Cornelis Tromp → Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange → Hugo Grotius → Jacobus Arminius → Jan Pieterszoon Coen → Joan Maetsuycker → Samuel van Hoogstraten →	placeOfBirth
Bank of Amsterdam → Bank of Amsterdam ("Province of Holland") → Guild of Saint Luke (Delft) → Ruwaard of Putten → Sorghvliet →	locatedIn
Balthasar Gérard → Cornelis Tromp → Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange → Jacobus Arminius → William I of Orange →	placeOfDeath
Amsterdam civic guard → Haarlem → Haarlem → Stadtholder of Holland →	historicalRegion
Desiderius Erasmus → Egbert van der Poel → Jacob van Campen →	birthPlace
Hugo de Groot → Michiel van Mierevelt →	countryOfBirth
Egbert van der Poel → Willem van Nassau →	deathPlace
Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 →	appliesTo
States of Holland and West Friesland →	appliesToTerritory
Frederick Henry →	birthCountry
Lordship of Utrecht →	borderedBy
Meierij van ’s-Hertogenbosch →	borderedByHistoricalRegion
Desiderius Erasmus →	citizenship
States of Holland and West Friesland →	countryGoverned
States General of the Habsburg Netherlands →	hasJurisdictionOver
Lord of the Netherlands →	hasPart
Habsburg Netherlands →	includedTerritory
Union of Brussels →	includes
Siege of Leiden →	location
Binnenhof ("Counts of Holland") →	originallyBuiltFor
Union of Utrecht →	signatory
Lord of the Seventeen Provinces →	sovereigntyOver
Middle Dutch →	spokenIn
Burgundian Netherlands →	territoryIncludes
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt ("Province of Holland") →	workLocation