Fief of Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam

Free and high fief of Purmerend, Purmerland en Ilpendam
Hoge en vrije heerlijkheid Purmerend, Purmerland en Ilpendam
Vassal of Dutch Republic
1410–early 20th century
Capital Purmerend
Government Lordship
Historical era Middle Ages
 • Lordship founded 1410
 •  Fiefdom of Holland 1410
 •  Disestablished early 20th century

The Free and high Fief of Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam (Dutch: "vrije en hoge heerlijkheid") was a type of local jurisdiction with many rights.

History of the free and high fief

As a free and high Fief, itself was an independent fief (semisouverain Fief) of the province Holland. In 1410 the fief was founded for Willem Eggert, the advisor of William II, Duke of Bavaria, count of Holland. Since 1678 the heerlijkheid was a possession of the prominent family De Graeff from Amsterdam. When the French introduced the municipal system in the Netherlands, the rights of the heerlijkheid were largely abolished, although the heerlijkheid itself existed until the early 20th century.

Count Lamoraal van Egmont
Frans Banning Cocq (with a red sash) in Rembrandt's Night Watch
Pieter de Graeff by Caspar Netscher, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (1663)

Lords

Eggert

Montfoort

Egmont

States of Holland

Overlander, Hooft, Banning Cocq

De Graeff

De Jong

See also

Literature / External links

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