Former State of the Holy Roman Empire and part of the Habsburg Netherlands (1091–1795)
This article is about the State in the Netherlands abolished in 1795. For the administrative county in Lincolnshire, England abolished in 1974, see Parts of Holland.
County of Holland
Comitatus Hollandiae(Latin) Graafschap Holland(Dutch)
1091/1190–1431/1795
Coat of arms
Motto: "Vigilate Deo confidentes"(Latin) "Watch, trusting in God"
The County of Holland around 1350.
Status
State of the Holy Roman Empire part of the Burgundian Netherlands (1433–1482) part of the Habsburg Netherlands (1482–1581) part of the Dutch Republic (1581–1795)
Capital
The Hague
Common languages
Old Frisian Old Dutch Middle Dutch Dutch
Religion
Catholic Church Dutch Reformed
Government
Feudal monarchy
Count
• 880–896
Gerolf (first)
• 1555–1581
Phillip II (last)
Stadtholder
• 1433–1440
Hugo (first)
• 1672–1702
William III (last)
Legislature
States
Historical era
Middle Ages, Renaissance, Modern
• Established
11th century
• Act of Abjuration
26 July 1581
• Batavian Revolution
18 January 1795
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Lower Lorraine
Batavian Republic
Today part of
Netherlands
The County of Holland was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and from 1433 part of the Burgundian Netherlands, from 1482 part of the Habsburg Netherlands and from 1581 onward the leading province of the Dutch Republic, of which it remained a part until the Batavian Revolution in 1795. The territory of the County of Holland corresponds roughly with the current provinces of North Holland and South Holland in the Netherlands.
The County of Holland was the first Holy Roman county in the area to reach the level of economic, cultural, military, and technological development it did, having had time to undergo this development before the area became classed as a county.[1]
^Rietbergen, P. J. A. N. (2000). A Short History of the Netherlands: From Prehistory to the Present Day (4th ed.). Amersfoort: Bekking. pp. 35–36. ISBN 90-6109-440-2. OCLC 52849131.
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