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Pensionary, the Glossary

A pensionary (or syndic) was a name given to the leading functionary and legal adviser of the principal town corporations in the Low Countries because they received a salary or pension.^[1]

26 relations: Adriaan Pauw, Anglo-Dutch Wars, Anthonie Duyck, Anthonie Heinsius, Batavian Republic, County of Holland, Dordrecht, Dutch Republic, First Stadtholderless Period, Flanders, Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Grand pensionary, Haarlem, Jacob Cats, Johan de Witt, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Land's Advocate of Holland, List of grand pensionaries, Low Countries, Ridder (title), Salary, Seventeen Provinces, States General of the Netherlands, Syndic, William II, Prince of Orange, William III of England.
Early modern history of the Netherlands
Political history of the Netherlands
Positions of subnational authority

Adriaan Pauw

Adriaan Pauw, knight, heer van Heemstede, Bennebroek, Nieuwerkerk etc. (1 November 1585 – 21 February 1653) was Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1631 to 1636 and from 1651 to 1653.

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Anglo-Dutch Wars

The Anglo–Dutch Wars (Engels–Nederlandse Oorlogen) were a series of conflicts mainly fought between the Dutch Republic and England (later Great Britain) in the mid-17th and late 18th century.

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Anthonie Duyck

Anthonie Duyck (c. 1560 – 13 September 1629) was Grand Pensionary of Holland between 1621 and 1629.

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Anthonie Heinsius

Anthonie (or Antonius) Heinsius (23 November 1641, Delft – 3 August 1720, The Hague) was a Dutch statesman who served as Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1689 to his death in 1720.

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Batavian Republic

The Batavian Republic (Bataafse Republiek; République Batave) was the successor state to the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.

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The County of Holland was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and from 1433 part of the Burgundian Netherlands, from 1482 part of the Habsburg Netherlands and from 1581 onward the leading province of the Dutch Republic, of which it remained a part until the Batavian Revolution in 1795.

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Dordrecht

Dordrecht, historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland.

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Dutch Republic

The United Provinces of the Netherlands, officially the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) and commonly referred to in historiography as the Dutch Republic, was a confederation that existed from 1579 until the Batavian Revolution in 1795. Pensionary and Dutch Republic are Early modern history of the Netherlands.

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First Stadtholderless Period

The First Stadtholderless Period (1650–72; Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk) was the period in the history of the Dutch Republic in which the office of Stadtholder was vacant in five of the seven Dutch provinces (the provinces of Friesland and Groningen, however, retained their customary stadtholder from the cadet branch of the House of Orange).

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Flanders

Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen) is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium.

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Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange

Frederick Henry (Frederik Hendrik; 29 January 1584 – 14 March 1647) was the sovereign prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1625 until his death in 1647.

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Grand pensionary

The grand pensionary (raadpensionaris) was the most important Dutch official during the time of the Dutch Republic.

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Haarlem

Haarlem (predecessor of Harlem in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands.

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Jacob Cats

Jacob Cats (10 November 1577 – 12 September 1660) was a Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician.

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Johan de Witt

Johan de Witt (24 September 1625 – 20 August 1672), Lord of Zuid- en Noord-Linschoten, Snelrewaard, Hekendorp en IJsselvere, was a Dutch statesman and a major political figure in the Dutch Republic in the mid-17th century, the First Stadtholderless Period, when its flourishing sea trade in a period of global colonisation made the republic a leading European trading and seafaring power – now commonly referred to as the Dutch Golden Age.

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Johan van Oldenbarnevelt

Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Heer van Berkel en Rodenrijs (1600), Gunterstein (1611) and Bakkum (1613) (14 September 1547 – 13 May 1619) was a Dutch statesman and revolutionary who played an important role in the Dutch struggle for independence from Spain.

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Land's Advocate of Holland

The Lands' Advocate (landsadvocaat) of Holland acted as a legal adviser and secretary to the Estates of Holland.

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List of grand pensionaries

The following is a list of grand pensionaries of Holland, Zeeland and the Batavian Republic.

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Low Countries

The Low Countries (de Lage Landen; les Pays-Bas), historically also known as the Netherlands (de Nederlanden), is a coastal lowland region in Northwestern Europe forming the lower basin of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and consisting today of the three modern "Benelux" countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (Nederland, which is singular).

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Ridder (title)

Ridder (English: "Knight") is a noble title in Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands.

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Salary

A salary is a form of periodic payment from an employer to an employee, which may be specified in an employment contract.

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Seventeen Provinces

The Seventeen Provinces were the Imperial states of the Habsburg Netherlands in the 16th century.

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States General of the Netherlands

The States General of the Netherlands (Staten-Generaal) is the supreme bicameral legislature of the Netherlands consisting of the Senate (Eerste Kamer) and the House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer).

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Syndic

"Syndic" (Late Latin: syndicus; Greek: σύνδικος, sýndikos – one who helps in a court of justice, an advocate, representative) is a term applied in certain countries to an officer of government with varying powers, and secondly to a representative or delegate of a university, institution or other corporation, entrusted with special functions or powers.

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William II, Prince of Orange

William II (Dutch: Willem II; 27 May 1626 – 6 November 1650) was sovereign Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, Overijssel and Groningen in the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 14 March 1647 until his death three years later.

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William III of England

William III (William Henry;; 4 November 16508 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensionary

Also known as Pensionaries, The Grand Pensionary.