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Meaning of "stadtholder"
Stadtholder is a historical term used in certain European countries to refer to a governor or official who rules on behalf of a monarch
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- The chief magistrate, then later, hereditary chief of state of the Dutch Republic.
- An office formerly held by Danish and Swedish officials, best translated as governor-general.
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Nieuwenaar was now appointed the new stadtholder.
The stadtholder was truly not missed.
It has been suggested he was one of the lovers of the stadtholder.
The stadtholder then grudgingly gave his consent.
Both had their own stadtholder.
The office of stadtholder was a provincial office.
He drew his weapons and fired two shots at the stadtholder.
But then the stadtholder intervened.
The stadtholder gave this principality immediately to his son.
He was a stadtholder.
The stadtholder was generally blamed.
Hoorn was occupied and briefly the locals displayed the colours of the stadtholder.
Even the stadtholder was interviewed.
This had left Maurice as the only acceptable candidate for the position of Stadtholder.
As stadtholder he also commanded the royalist forces in those three provinces.
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He was also appointed to stadtholder of Copenhagen.
It was renamed into the Lordship of Frisia and ruled by a Stadtholder.
The office of stadtholder had become vacant in five of the provinces.
This humiliation caused a furore in the Dutch Republic in which the stadtholder was also attacked.
The office of Stadtholder of a province predated the Republic.
I know I am the son of a stadtholder.
The stadtholder had already fled to Great Britain with his family.
Zeeland and usually Utrecht had the same stadtholder as Holland.
Stadtholder of various territories of the Seventeen Provinces.
The title of Prince of Orange became associated with the stadtholder of the Netherlands.
The Stadtholder raised.
He named it Fort Nassau in honor of stadtholder Maurice of Nassau.
Stadtholder of the Union.
The next day Emperor Francis and the stadtholder reviewed the defeated French troops filing by.
Stadtholder of Frisia.
William the Stadtholder.
The French Revolutionary War proceeded disastrously for the forces of the Stadtholder.
I was arrested, taken before the stadtholder and questioned.
A stadtholder was thus more powerful than a mere governor, who had only limited authority.
William of Orange will be stadtholder commander of armies, sea admiral.
The stadtholder no longer represented the lord, the States retaining the sovereignty for themselves.
After the death of William 's father, most provinces had left the office of stadtholder vacant.
However, both the stadtholder and the Bijltjes were unreceptive to this secret approach.
Four years later, he was appointed Stadtholder of Hainault.
The title stadtholder is roughly comparable to England 's historic title Lord Lieutenant.
Spain 's predicament was adroitly used by Stadtholder Maurice.
Was appointed stadtholder in Holland, Zeeland.
Each province chose/elected their own Stadtholder.
Hendrik Casimir was succeeded as stadtholder by his son Johan Willem Friso of Orange-Nassau.
Ernest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz is appointed stadtholder of Drenthe.
The Frisian stadtholder William Frederick did not even receive a separate command during Frederick Henry 's lifetime.
Ernest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz is appointed as stadtholder of Groningen.
As stadtholder of the union, he has, however, considerable prerogatives.
He was supported by his cousin William Louis of Nassau-Dillenburg, who was stadtholder of Friesland.
However, though the new stadtholder acquired near-dictatorial powers, this did not improve the situation.
