Captain-General of the Union

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The Captain-General of the Union was the highest military commander of the Dutch Republic, often held concurrently by the stadtholder and responsible for leading the Union’s armed forces.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf command position ⓘ
military office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United Provinces ⓘ
appointedBy States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty House of Orange-Nassau ⓘ
country Dutch Republic ⓘ
dissolved 1795 ⓘ
DutchName Kapitein-Generaal van de Unie ⓘ
endCause Batavian Revolution ⓘ
governmentalDomain military affairs ⓘ
historicalRegion Low Countries ⓘ
inception late 16th century ⓘ
jurisdictionOver Union’s field armies ⓘ
garrisons of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
languageOfName Dutch ⓘ
militaryBranch army of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange ⓘ
John William Friso ⓘ
Maurice of Nassau ⓘ
William II, Prince of Orange ⓘ
William III of Orange ⓘ
William IV, Prince of Orange ⓘ
William V, Prince of Orange ⓘ
officeHolderRole commander-in-chief of the army of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
supreme commander of the land forces of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
oftenHeldConcurrentlyWith stadtholder ⓘ
partOf military of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
positionHeldBy stadtholder of Holland ⓘ
stadtholder of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
relatedPosition Admiral-General of the Union ⓘ
linked to: admiral-general
responsibleFor coordination of provincial forces ⓘ
defence of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
leadership of the field army ⓘ
overall command of the Union’s armed forces ⓘ
strategic direction of military campaigns ⓘ
seatOfOffice The Hague ⓘ
subordinateTo States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
Union of Utrecht ⓘ
usedBy States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
usedDuring Dutch Golden Age ⓘ
Eighty Years' War ⓘ
Franco-Dutch War ⓘ
Nine Years' War ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stadtholder → relatedPosition → Captain-General of the Union ⓘ
Stadtholder → relatedPosition → Admiral-General of the Union ⓘ
linked to: Captain-General of the Union
Captain-General of the Union → DutchName → Kapitein-Generaal van de Unie ⓘ
linked to: Captain-General of the Union