Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic

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The Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic was the chief provincial executive and de facto military and political leader who often wielded monarchical-level power within the otherwise republican Dutch state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf executive office ⓘ
political office ⓘ
abolished 1795 ⓘ
abolishedBy Batavian Revolution ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction provinces of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
appointedBy States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
provincial States ⓘ
associatedEvent Glorious Revolution ⓘ
associatedWith States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
constitutionalStatus formally a provincial office ⓘ
not a hereditary monarchy in law ⓘ
country Dutch Republic ⓘ
deFactoStatus quasi-monarchical position ⓘ
etymology derived from Dutch word meaning place-holder or steward ⓘ
governmentFormContext Dutch Republic ⓘ
historicalPeriod Anglo-Dutch Wars ⓘ
Dutch Golden Age ⓘ
Eighty Years' War ⓘ
Patriot era in the Dutch Republic ⓘ
Rampjaar 1672 ⓘ
languageOfLabel Dutch ⓘ
legacy precursor to the Dutch monarchy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
nativeLabel stadhouder ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange ⓘ
Maurice of Nassau ⓘ
William II, Prince of Orange ⓘ
William III of Orange ⓘ
William IV, Prince of Orange ⓘ
William V, Prince of Orange ⓘ
William the Silent ⓘ
officeCreatedFor Habsburg Netherlands (as earlier stadhouder office) ⓘ
officeHoldersTypicallyFrom House of Orange-Nassau ⓘ
opposedBy Republicans (States Party) ⓘ
politicalFaction Orangists ⓘ
linked to: Orangist faction
powerLevel monarchical-level power in a republican state ⓘ
relatedOffice Admiral-General of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
Captain-General of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
Grand Pensionary of Holland ⓘ
linked to: Grand Pensionary
residence The Hague ⓘ
role chief provincial executive ⓘ
de facto military leader ⓘ
de facto political leader ⓘ
succeededByOffice Grand Pensionary of the Batavian Republic (as leading statesman) ⓘ
symbolicAssociation House of Orange ⓘ
typicalPowers appointment of local magistrates ⓘ
command of provincial and national armed forces ⓘ
implementation of decisions of the States ⓘ
influence over foreign policy ⓘ

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Staatse leger → commandStructure → Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
Provincial admiralties → coexistsWith → Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
subject linked to: provincial admiralties
Captain-General of the Dutch Republic → oftenCombinedWith → Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
Admiralty of Rotterdam → subordinateTo → Stadtholder (Dutch Republic) ⓘ
linked to: Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic