- A
pensionary (or syndic) was a name
given to the
leading functionary and
legal adviser of the prin****l town
corporations in the Low
Countries because...
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grand pensionary (Dutch: raadpensionaris) was the most
important Dutch official during the time of the
Dutch Republic. In theory, a
grand pensionary was...
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commonly referred to as the
Dutch Golden Age. De Witt was
elected Grand Pensionary of Holland, and
together with his
uncle Cornelis de Graeff, he controlled...
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Grand Pensionary, who was
appointed by the
States themselves. The Land's
Advocate or
Grand Pensionary was
nearly always a
previous pensionary of a city...
- list of
grand pensionaries of Holland,
Zeeland and the
Batavian Republic.
During the time of the
Dutch Republic, the
grand pensionary was the most prominent...
- the
Republic when the short-lived
experiment with the
regime of "Grand
Pensionary"
Rutger Jan
Schimmelpenninck proved unsatisfactory to Napoleon. The subsequent...
- the Franco-Dutch War, had
overturned the States-Party
regime of
Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt (ending the
First Stadtholderless Period) and
swept William...
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Battle of Solebay.
Shortly thereafter,
Johan de Witt
resigned as
Grand Pensionary, and Charles'
nephew William III of
Orange was
appointed Stadtholder....
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Spiegel (19
January 1736, in
Middelburg – 7 May 1800, in Lingen) was
Grand Pensionary of
Zeeland and, from 9
November 1787 to 4
February 1795, of Holland. He...
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general policy of
opposing Habsburg power.
Johan de Witt,
Dutch Grand Pensionary from 1653 to 1672,
viewed this as
crucial for
Dutch security and a counterweight...
