The Netherlands

The Netherlands was the name of a much larger territory than the present kingdom during the 16^th century. At that time it belonged to Spain but the northern provinces declared them selves independent 1581 while the southern provinces that are present day Belgium remained under Spanish rule. The official name of this new state was the United Netherlands and it was alternatively ruled by a hereditary stadtholder or under republican forms by a raads-pensioner.

United Netherlands
(Stadtholders * and Raads-pensioners)

(1572) -1584 1585-1625 1625-1647 1647-1650 1653-1672	Willem van Oranje Maurits Frederik Hendrik Willem II Johan de Witt
1672-1702 1672-1688 1689-1720 1720-1727 1727-1736 1737-1746 1747-1751 1751-1795	Willem III Gaspar Fagel Anthonie Heinsius Isaac van Hoornbeek Simon van Slingelandt Anthonie van der Heim Willem IV Willem V
1795-1806	Batavian Republic
Kingdom of Holland
1806-1810 1810-1814	Lodewijk Napoleon Part of France
Kingdom of the Netherlands
1814-1840	Willem I	()
1840-1849	Willem II
1849-1890	Willem III
1890-1948 1948-1980 1980-2013 2013-	Wilhelmina Juliana Beatrix Willem-Alexander

* = All stadtholders were also counts of Nassau. These stadtholders were actually only stadtholders of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland and Overijssel. The other provinces (Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe) were ruled by a separate branch of the house of Nassau and their stadtholders are listed on the page with the regents of Frisia. The stadtholders of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht who served before the Dutch independence are listed together with the regents of Holland.

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