Stadtholder of Holland

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political office provincial office

The Stadtholder of Holland was the chief executive and military leader of the Dutch province of Holland during the Dutch Republic, often held by members of the House of Orange.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Count of Holland (as a title of the Dutch Republic’s stadtholder) 1
Stadhouder van Holland 1
Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political office ⓘ
provincial office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Province of Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedDynasty House of Orange-Nassau ⓘ
country Dutch Republic ⓘ
dissolved 1795 ⓘ
endCause Batavian Revolution ⓘ
followedBy Batavian Republic ⓘ
surface form: Batavian Republic executive authorities
governmentalBody States of Holland and West Friesland ⓘ
hasPart appointment of local officials ⓘ
military command of provincial forces ⓘ
presiding over provincial States in military matters ⓘ
historicalRegion County of Holland ⓘ
inception 16th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch ⓘ
nativeLabel Stadtholder of Holland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Stadhouder van Holland
officeHolder Albert, Duke of Saxony ⓘ
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange ⓘ
John William Friso of Nassau-Dietz ⓘ
surface form: John William Friso

Mary of Hungary ⓘ
surface form: Mary of Hungary (as governor-general overseeing stadtholders)

Maurice of Nassau ⓘ
William II, Prince of Orange ⓘ
William III of England ⓘ
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
officeHolderRole chief executive of Holland ⓘ
military leader of Holland ⓘ
opposedBy States of Holland and West Friesland ⓘ
surface form: States Party (Holland regent oligarchy)
partOf Stadtholderate of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
politicalAlignment Orangist faction ⓘ
precededBy Burgundian stadtholder in the Low Countries ⓘ
relatedPosition Stadtholder of Friesland ⓘ
Stadtholder of Gelderland ⓘ
Stadtholder of Groningen ⓘ
Stadtholder of Overijssel ⓘ
Stadtholder of Utrecht ⓘ
Stadtholder of Zeeland ⓘ
replacedBy King of the Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: King of the Netherlands (as head of state, later Orange-Nassau monarchy)
residence Binnenhof ⓘ
Binnenhof ⓘ
surface form: Binnenhof Stadtholder’s Quarter

Noordeinde Palace ⓘ
seat The Hague ⓘ
significantEvent First Stadtholderless Period ⓘ
Glorious Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Glorious Revolution (through William III)

Second Stadtholderless Period ⓘ
subordinateTo States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
States of Holland and West Friesland ⓘ
surface form: States of Holland
typicallyHeldBy House of Orange-Nassau ⓘ
surface form: House of Orange

Referenced by (15)

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

Lord of the Netherlands → followedBy → Stadtholder of Holland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Count of Holland (as a title of the Dutch Republic’s stadtholder)
Stadtholder of Holland → nativeLabel → Stadtholder of Holland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stadhouder van Holland
René of Chalon → nobleTitle → Stadtholder of Holland ⓘ
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange → positionHeld → Stadtholder of Holland ⓘ
Orange-Nassau → positionHeld → Stadtholder of Holland ⓘ
subject surface form: House of Orange-Nassau
Philip William, Prince of Orange → positionHeld → Stadtholder of Holland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht
Willem van Nassau → positionHeld → Stadtholder of Holland ⓘ
William II of Scotland → positionHeld → Stadtholder of Holland ⓘ
William II, Prince of Orange → positionHeld → Stadtholder of Holland ⓘ
Stadtholder of Friesland → relatedOffice → Stadtholder of Holland ⓘ
Stadtholder of Zeeland → relatedOffice → Stadtholder of Holland ⓘ
Stadtholder of Utrecht → sharesConceptWith → Stadtholder of Holland ⓘ
Stadtholder of Drenthe → similarTo → Stadtholder of Holland ⓘ
Philip William, Prince of Orange → title → Stadtholder of Holland ⓘ