Zutphen County

Zutphen County
Graafschap Zutphen (nl)
Personal Union with County of Guelders (1138-1339) and Duchy of Guelders (1339-1591)
← 1046–1798 →
Coat of arms
County of Zutphen, about 1350
Capital		Zutphen
Government		Feudal monarchy
Historical era		Middle Ages, Renaissance
•	Established	1046
•	Disestablished	1798

History of the Low Countries
Frisii			Belgae
	Cana- nefates[1]	Chamavi, Tubanti[2]		Gallia Belgica (55 BC – 5th c. AD) Germania Inferior (83 – 5th c.)
		Salian Franks		Batavii[3]
unpopulated (4th–5th c.)		Saxons	Salian Franks[4] (4th–5th c.)
Frisian Kingdom (6th c.–734)			Frankish Kingdom (481–843) — Carolingian Empire (800–843)
		Austrasia (511–687)
Middle Francia (843–855)					West Francia (843–)
Kingdom of Lotharingia[5] (855– 959) Duchy of Lower Lorraine[6] (959–)
Frisia
Frisian Freedom[7] (11–16th century)	County of Holland[8] (880–1432)	Bishopric of Utrecht[9] (695–1456)	Duchy of Brabant[10] (1183–1430) Duchy of Guelders[11] (1046–1543)		County of Flanders[12] (862–1384)	County of Hainaut (1071–1432) County of Namur (981–1421)	P.-Bish. of Liège [13] (980–1794)	Duchy of Luxem- bourg (1059–1443)
	Burgundian Netherlands (1384–1482)
	Habsburg Netherlands (1482–1795) (Seventeen Provinces after 1543)[14]
Dutch Republic (Seven United Netherlands) (1581–1795)				Spanish Netherlands (1556–1714)
				Austrian Netherlands (1714–1795)
				United States of Belgium (1790)			R. Liège (1789–'91)
Batavian Republic (1795–1806) Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810)				associated with French First Republic (1795–1804) part of First French Empire (1804–1815)
Princip. of the Netherlands (1813–1815)
United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1830)
Kingdom of the Netherlands (1839–)				Kingdom of Belgium (1830–)				Gr D. L. (1839–)
								Gr D. of Luxem- bourg (1890–)

The County of Zutphen, located in modern-day Gelderland, a province of the Netherlands, was formed in the eleventh century as a fief of the Bishop of Utrecht. It was ruled by the Counts of Zutphen between 1018 and 1182, and then formed a personal union with Guelders. Later, it became one of the 4 quarters of Guelders. The name Graafschap (county) is still used for the Achterhoek, the region east of Zutphen, and for the football club De Graafschap from this region.

Cities

City	Town privileges granted	District
Borculo	1375	Heerlijkheid Borculo
Bredevoort	1388	Heerlijkheid Bredevoort
Bronkhorst	1482	Landdrostambt van Zutphen
Doetinchem	1236	Landdrostambt van Zutphen
Doesburg	1237	Richterambt van Doesburg
Groenlo	1277	Gebied van Grol
's-Heerenberg	1379	Bannerij van 's-Heerenberg
Keppel	1404	Landdrostambt van Zutphen
Lichtenvoorde	unknown	Heerlijkheid Lichtenvoorde
Lochem	1233	Scholtambt van Lochem
Terborg	1419	Bannerij van Wisch
Zutphen	1190	Scholtambt van Zutphen

• Zevenaar and some of its surroundings were, as being a part of the former Cleves Enclaves, a small district in the Duchy of Cleves.

1. Roman foederati
2. The Chamavi merged into the confederation of the Franks; the Tubanti merged into the confederation of the Saxons.
3. Roman foederati
4. Roman foederati
5. Part of East Francia after 939, divided in Upper Lorraine (as part of West Francia) and Lower Lorraine (as part of East Francia) in 959.
6. Lower Lorraine — also referred to as Lothier — disintegrated into several smaller independent territories and only the title of a "Duke of Lothier" remained, held by Brabant.
7. Lordship of Frisia and Lordship of Groningen (including the Ommelanden) after 1524 and 1536 respectively.
8. Including County of Zeeland, that was ruled by neighboring County of Holland and County of Flanders (until 1432).
9. Utrecht included Lordship of Overijssel (until 1528), County of Drenthe (until 1528) and County of Zutphen (until 1182).
10. Duchy of Brabant included since 1288 also the Duchy of Limburg (now part of the Belgian Province of Liège) and the "Overmaas" lands Dalhem, Valkenburg and Herzogenrath (now part of the Dutch Province of Limburg).
11. The county, later duchy, of Guelders consisted of four quarters, as they were separated by rivers: situated upstream Upper Quarter (the present day northern half of the Dutch province of Limburg), spatially separated from the three downstream Lower Quarters: County of Zutphen (after 1182), Veluwe Quarter and Nijmegen Quarter. The three lower quarters emerged from the historic gau Hamaland (named after the Chamavi tribe), and formed the present day province of Gelderland. Guelders did not include the Cleves enclave Huissen and the independent counties of Buren and Culemborg, that were much later seceded to the province of Gelderland.
12. Including County of Artois (part of Flanders until 1237) and Tournaisis.
13. Throughout the Middle Ages, the bishopric was further expanded with the Duchy of Bouillon in 1096 (ceded to France in 1678), the acquisition of the county of Loon in 1366 and the county of Horne in 1568. The Lordship of Mechelen was also part of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège.
14. The name Seventeen Provinces came in use after the Habsburg emperor Charles V had re-acquired the Duchy of Guelders, and an continuous territory arose.