County of Zeeland
County of Zeeland Graafschap Zeeland (Dutch) | |||||||||
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1012–1795 | |||||||||
Modern | |||||||||
• Established | 1012 | ||||||||
• Held by Holland | 1323 | ||||||||
• To Burgundy | 1432 | ||||||||
• Joined Burgundian Circle | 1512 | ||||||||
• Part of Dutch Republic | 1581 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1795 | ||||||||
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The County of Zeeland (
History
Historically the area was often under the influence of its stronger neighbors, the
By the 1323 Treaty of Paris between Flanders and Hainaut-Holland, the Count of Flanders reneged from claims on Zeeland and recognized the count of Holland as Count of Zeeland. Nevertheless, Zeeland remained a separate administrative unit, which in turn was under the administration of the counts of Holland. In 1432 it was annexed by the Burgundian duke Philip the Good and became part of the Burgundian Netherlands. After the death of Mary of Burgundy in 1482, Zeeland according to the Treaty of Senlis was one of the Seventeen Provinces held by the House of Habsburg, which in 1512 joined the Burgundian Circle.
After the Eighty Years' War, Zeeland was one of the United Provinces of the Dutch Republic established in 1581. Both before and after Dutch independence Zeeland shared some institutions with the States of Holland and West Friesland, such as the supreme court, the Supreme Council of Holland, Zeeland and West-Friesland, after the northern provinces had removed themselves from imperial authority and the jurisdiction of the Grand Council of Mechelen.
After establishment of the
Rulers of Zeeland
Counts of Flanders | 1012–1167 | |
Condominium of the Counts of Flanders and Holland | 1167–1256 | |
Counts of Holland and Zeeland | 1256–1572 | |
States of Zeeland |
1572–1795 |
Cities in the County of Zeeland
Voting cities, in order of importance:
- Middelburg (1217)
- Zierikzee (1248)
- Reimerswaal (1374) until 1574 voting in the States of Zeeland,
- Goes (1405)
- Tholen (1366)
- Vlissingen (1315) voting in the States of Zeeland from 1574 on
- Veere (1355) voting in the States of Zeeland from 1574 on
Small Towns (no seat in the States of Zeeland):
- Arnemuiden (1574)
- Brouwershaven (1477)
- Domburg (1223)
- Kortgene (1431)
- Sint Maartensdijk(1491)
- Westkapelle(1223)