County of Drenthe

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County of Drenthe, 1634

The County of Drenthe (Dutch: Landschap Drenthe, German: Grafschaft Drente) was a province of the Holy Roman Empire from 1046, and of the Dutch Republic from 1581 until 1795. It corresponds to the area west of the lower Ems, today the eponymous province of Drenthe in the Netherlands.

Drenthe is first recorded in 820 as a Gau, the basic division of the Carolingian Empire east of the Rhine.[1] In 1046, the Emperor Henry III granted it to the Bishopric of Utrecht. At the time, Drenthe included the city of Groningen, which was governed by a burgrave (prefect) enfeoffed by the bishop. By the 14th century, the prefecture was hereditary and the Lordship of Groningen was de facto separate from the County of Drenthe.[2]

Between 1225 and 1240, the

Oversticht, the eastern portion of the bishopric.[2]

In 1412, the county received its own

Westphalian Circle and attached to the Burgundian Circle, making it one of the Seventeen Provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands with a special status within the Empire.[4]

During the

Dutch Revolt against the Habsburgs, Drenthe joined the Union of Utrecht. Although it became part of the republic, it was not one of the Seven Provinces and did not have a seat in the States General on account of its poverty.[1]

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c Köbler 2007, p. 252.
  2. ^ a b Henstra 2000, pp. 212–213.
  3. ^ Van Bavel 2010.
  4. ^ Wilson 2016, p. 228.

Bibliography

  • Henstra, D. J. (2000). The Evolution of the Money Standard in Medieval Frisia: A Treatise on the History of the Systems of Money of Account in the Former Frisia. Uitgeverij Verloren.
  • Hoppenbrouwers, P. (2018). Village Community and Conflict in Late Medieval Drenthe. The Medieval Countryside. Vol. 20. Turnhout: Brepols.
    ISBN 978-2-503-57539-1
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  • Köbler, G. (2007). Historisches Lexikon der Deutschen Länder: die deutschen Territorien vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Munich: C. H. Beck.
  • Van Bavel, B. J. P. (2010). "Rural Revolts and Structural Change in the Low Countries, Thirteenth – Early Fourteenth Centuries". In Richard Goddard; John Langdon; Miriam Müller (eds.). Survival and Discord in Medieval Society: Essays in Honour of Christopher Dyer. Brepols. pp. 249–268.
  • Wilson, P. H. (2016). Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire. Belknap Press.
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