Free and high fief of Zuid-Polsbroek

The Free and high Fief of Zuid-Polsbroek (Dutch: "vrije en hoge heerlijkheid") was a semi-sovereign or 'free and high' fief, now part of Polsbroek in the Dutch province of Utrecht.

History of the semisouverain fief

Semisouverain or free and high Fief of Zuid-Polsbroek
Hoge en vrije heerlijkheid Zuid-Polsbroek(nl)
Vassal of Dutch Republic
early 11th century–1914
Capital Polsbroek (Zuid-Polsbroek)
Government Fief
Historical era Middle Ages
 • Lordship founded early 13th century
 •  Fiefdom of Holland early 11th century
 • it was not sure if Polsbroek belong to the States of Holland or Utrecht since the late middleages
 • to Utrecht 1819
 •  Disestablished 1914

Zuid-Polsbroek, or Polsbroek, was an allodium [1] and a free and high heerlijkheid, [2] a type of local jurisdiction with many rights. Since 1155 the lords of Polsbroek are able to speak the high (blood court) [3] middle and low justice over their territory. Zuid-Polsbroek was a half-independent (semi-sovereign) entity of the provinces Holland or Utrecht, like the larger Barony of IJsselstein to the east. During the late middleages it became unsure if Zuid-Polsbroek belong to the States of Holland or to the province (unie) of Utrecht. [1] Polsbroek paid their dutys to the States of Holland. [4] When the French introduced the municipal system in the Netherlands in 1807, the rights of the heerlijkheid were largely abolished, although the heerlijkheid itself existed until the early 20th century.

The fief of (Zuid-)Polsbroek was first ruled by the Lords of Arkel since the early 11th century. [1] In later years Polsbroek was ruled by the lords of Woerden van Vliet (until 1423), [5] Viscounts of Montfoort (1423-1481/82), [1] Lords of Bergen from the House of Glymes (1481/82 until 1566), [6] [7] the House of Ligne (from 1566 to 1568) and their following House of Arenberg-Ligne (from 1568 to 1610). [2] Since 1610 the heerlijkheid was a possession of the regentenfamily De Graeff [8] from Amsterdam. When the French introduced the municipal system in the Netherlands in 1795, the rights of the heerlijkheid were largely abolished, although the heerlijkheid itself existed until the early 20th century.

Lords of (Zuid-)Polsbroek

Charles de Ligne, 2nd Prince of Arenberg

External links

  1. 1 2 3 4 Drs. J. L. van der Gouw: De definitieve vorm van het graafschap/holland/ (1300-1795) dutch
  2. 1 2 "Heren van Holland": Zuid-Polsbroek
  3. ↑ Adriaan Kluit, Historia critica comitatus Hollandiae et Zeelandiae ab antiquissimis inde deducta temporibus, band II, part 1, Medioburgi: apud Petrum Gillissen et fil. et Isaac de Winter, 1780, p. 166-169 (Codex Diplomaticus, Nr. XXVIII), p. 168 .. cum omni iusticia ...Google books. New Publishing by Samuel Muller et al., Oorkondenboek van het sticht Utrecht tot 1301, band 1, Osthoek, Utrecht 1920, p. 371 (Nr. 410) Google books
  4. ↑ Hedendaagsche historie, of tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren, band XVII, 7, Isaak Tirion, Amsterdam 1748, p. 568 Google books
  5. ↑ Archive from the "Heerlijkheid Zuid-Polsbroek", part 1 - Verwerving van de heerlijkheid en andere goederen dutch
  6. ↑ Marius Pieter van der Linden, De burggraven van Montfoort in de geschiedenis van het Sticht Utrecht en het Graafschap Holland (± 1260-1490), Van Gorcum, Haak & Pracke, Assen 1957, p. 164 Google books
  7. ↑ Inventaris van het archief van de Nassause Domeinraad: Raad en Rekenkamer te Breda, 1170-1580 (1582): Stukken betreffende rechten en goederen van Anna van Buren, 1166-1580: Nationaal Archief, Den Haag (c) 1955, p. 139 dutch
  8. ↑ Archive from the "Heerlijkheid Zuid-Polsbroek"; 2 Stukken betreffende verkoop en overdracht van de heerlijkheid Zuid-Polsbroek met toebehoren dutch
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