Lordship of Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam explained

Native Name:Hoge heerlijkheid Purmerend en Purmerland / Hoge heerlijkheid Purmerland en Ilpendam
Conventional Long Name:High Lordship of Purmerend and Purmerland / High Lordship of Purmerland and Ilpendam
Common Name:Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam
Era:Middle Ages
Status:Vassal
Empire:Dutch Republic
Government Type:Lordship
Year Start:1410 / 1618
Event Start:Fiefdom of Holland
Year End:1923
Event Pre:Lordship founded
Date Pre:1410
Capital:Purmerend, after 1622 Ilpenstein
Title Leader:Lords

The Free or high Lordship 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 Purmerend - Purmerland - Ilpendam itself was an Allod in the province Holland. In 1410 the Lordship "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-established 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.

Lords

Purmerend and Purmerland

Eggert

Montfoort

Egmont

States of Holland

Purmerland and Ilpendam

Overlander, Hooft, Banning Cocq

De Graeff

De Jong

See also

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