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Lordship of Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam

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High Lordship of Purmerend and Purmerland / High Lordship of Purmerland and Ilpendam
Hoge heerlijkheid Purmerend en Purmerland / Hoge heerlijkheid Purmerland en Ilpendam
1410 / 1618–1923
StatusVassal of Dutch Republic
CapitalPurmerend, after 1622 Ilpenstein
GovernmentLordship
Lords 
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Lordship founded
1410
• Fiefdom of Holland
1410 / 1618
• Disestablished
1923

The Free or high Lordship (Fief) of Purmerend and Purmerland and after 1618 Purmerland and Ilpendam (Dutch: "vrije of hoge heerlijkheid") was a type of local jurisdiction with many rights.

History

Purmerend and Purmerland

As a free or high Lordship or Purmerend - Purmerland - Ilpendam itself was an independent fief (semisouverain Fief) of the province Holland. In 1410 the fief "Purmerend and Purmerland" was founded for Willem Eggert, the advisor of William II, Duke of Bavaria, count of Holland. In 1572 the Lordship was taken by the States of Holland.

Purmerland and Ilpendam

In 1618 the new Lordship was re-etablished under the name "Purmerland and Ilpendam". 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

Purmerend and Purmerland

Eggert

Montfoort

Egmont

States of Holland

Purmerland and Ilpendam

Overlander, Hooft, Banning Cocq

De Graeff

De Jong

  • (1870–1912) Dirk de Jongh

See also