Republicans (States Party)

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Republicans (States Party) were a political faction in the Dutch Republic that championed the sovereignty of the provincial States and opposed the monarchical tendencies and hereditary power of the House of Orange.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political faction
republican movement
activeIn 17th century
18th century
associatedWith States of Holland NERFINISHED
regent oligarchy
baseOfSupport merchant elites
urban regents
country Dutch Republic
favored civil government by provincial States
governmentalLevel federal politics
provincial politics
historicalContext Dutch Golden Age politics
First Stadtholderless Period NERFINISHED
Second Stadtholderless Period NERFINISHED
ideology republicanism
inConflictWith Orangists NERFINISHED
influencedBy Dutch commercial interests
language Dutch
opposed House of Orange NERFINISHED
centralization of power in the House of Orange
concentration of military command in the House of Orange
hereditary stadtholderate
monarchical tendencies
politicalGoal limit power of the stadtholder
preserve republican constitution of the Dutch Republic
politicalPosition anti‑Orangist
region Low Countries NERFINISHED
rejected hereditary monarchy
supported States General authority over the stadtholder
collective leadership by regent families
provincial autonomy
sovereignty of the provincial States
viewedAs defenders of provincial sovereignty
opponents of dynastic rule

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Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic opposedBy Republicans (States Party)