- 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...
-
grand pensionary (Dutch: raadpensionaris) was the most
important Dutch official during the time of the
Dutch Republic. In theory, a
grand pensionary was...
-
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...
- 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...
-
November 1641 – 3
August 1720) was a
Dutch statesman who
served as
Grand Pensionary of
Holland from 1689 to his
death in 1720.
Heinsius was an able negotiator...
- the Franco-Dutch War, had
overturned the States-Party
regime of
Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt (ending the
First Stadtholderless Period) and
swept William...
- 1575 to
Maria van Utrecht. In 1576 he
obtained the
important post of
pensionary of Rotterdam, an
office which carried with it
official membership of the...
-
originally six.
Dordrecht was the
first in rank, its
pensionary acting as
Councillor Pensionary if necessary. The
others were Delft, Rotterdam, Amsterdam...
- Gelli****, was a
Dutch jurist, amb****ador and
politician who
served as
Grand Pensionary of the
Batavian Republic from 1805 to 1806.
Historian Niek Sas called...
