Definition of Stadtholdership. Meaning of Stadtholdership. Synonyms of Stadtholdership

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Definition of Stadtholdership

Stadtholdership
Stadtholderate Stadt"hold`er*ate, Stadtholdership Stadt"hold`er*ship, n. The office or position of a stadtholder.

Meaning of Stadtholdership from wikipedia

- French army was effectively blocked. On 16 July, Zeeland offered the stadtholdership to William. Johan de Witt had been unable to function as Grand Pensionary...
- III, was an infant, the regents used this opportunity to leave the stadtholdership vacant. This inaugurated the era in Dutch history that is known as...
- Drenthe (1650–1664) In 1675 the State of Friesland voted to make the Stadtholdership hereditary in the house of N****au-Dietz Hereditary Stadtholder of Friesland...
- with the Prince of Orange simultaneously holding most or all of the stadtholderships, making him effectively the head of state. This created tension between...
- William Frederick obtain the stadtholdership in the other two provinces also. At that time he might have obtained the stadtholdership in the five other provinces...
- 1650, appointed no stadtholder, and banned his son William from the stadtholdership by an Act of Seclusion, something overcome by po****r feeling during...
- after the death of Frederick Henry's only male-line grandson, the stadtholdership was to p**** to a distant agnatic cousin, who was married to Frederick...
- he was then seven years old). In 1675, Friesland voted to make its stadtholdership hereditary in the house of N****au-Dietz. Hendrik Casimir II was therefore...
- Orange did not attain great respect among European royalty, as the Stadtholdership was not inheritable. The training of his army was especially important...
- Zeeland and Utrecht, thereby greatly increasing his political power. A stadtholdership over Franche-Comté followed in 1561. Although he never directly opposed...