Fief of Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam
Encyclopedia
The Free and high Fief
of Purmerend
, Purmerland
and Ilpendam
(Dutch
: "vrije en hoge heerlijkheid
") was a type of local jurisdiction with many rights.
, the advisor of William II, Duke of Bavaria, count of Holland. Since 1678 the heerlijkheid was a possession of the prominent family De Graeff
from Amsterdam. When the French
introduced the municipal system in the Netherlands, the rights of the heerlijkheid were largely abolished, although the heerlijkheid itself existed until the early 20th century.
.jpg)
Herrschaft (territory)
In the German feudal system, a Herrschaft or Herrlichkeit was the fiefdom of a lord, who in this area exercised his full feudal rights...
of Purmerend
Purmerend
Purmerend is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.The city is surrounded by polders, such as the Purmer, Beemster and the Wormer. The city became the trade center of the region but the population grew relatively slow. Only after 1960 did the population...
, Purmerland
Purmerland
Purmerland is a hamlet of 395 in the municipality of Landsmeer, North Holland, the Netherlands. It is located just north of Den Ilp and just south of the housing estate of Weidevenne, part of the city of Purmerend...
and Ilpendam
Ilpendam
Ilpendam is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Waterland, and lies about 4 km south of Purmerend.-History:The man standing highlighted at center on Rembrandts Night Watch painting is Frans Banning Cocq...
(Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
: "vrije en hoge heerlijkheid
Heerlijkheid
A heerlijkheid was the basic administrative and judicial unit in rural areas in Dutch-speaking lands before 1800. It originated in the feudal subdivision of government authority in the Middle Ages. The closest English equivalents of the word are "seigniory" and "manor"...
") was a type of local jurisdiction with many rights.
History of the free and high fief
As a free and high Fief, itself was an independent (semisouverain Fief) of the province Holland. In 1410 the Fief was founded for Willem EggertWillem Eggert
Willem Eggert, was a Dutch politician, noble, banker and schepen of Amsterdam. He owned much land in Weesp, Monnickendam, Oosthuizen, Aalsmeer and Wognum....
, the advisor of William II, Duke of Bavaria, count of Holland. Since 1678 the heerlijkheid was a possession of the prominent family De Graeff
De Graeff
De Graeff is an old Dutch patrician family. The family have played an important role during the Dutch Golden Age. They were at the centre of Amsterdam public life and oligarchy from 1578 until 1672...
from Amsterdam. When the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
introduced the municipal system in the Netherlands, the rights of the heerlijkheid were largely abolished, although the heerlijkheid itself existed until the early 20th century.
Eggert
- (1410–1417) Willem EggertWillem EggertWillem Eggert, was a Dutch politician, noble, banker and schepen of Amsterdam. He owned much land in Weesp, Monnickendam, Oosthuizen, Aalsmeer and Wognum....
- (1417-14??) Jan Eggert
- (14??-14??) Jan, Bastard of Bavaria
- (14??-1430) Willem Eggert II
- (1430–1440) Gerrit van Zijl
Montfoort
- (1440–1449) Johan van Montfoort
- (1449-14??) Hendrik van Montfoort
- (14??-1521) Jan van Montfoort
- (1521–1538) Joost van Montfoort
Egmont
- (1538–1541) Charles I van Egmont
- (1541–1568) Lamoraal van Egmont
- (1568–1582) Philip van Egmont
Overlander, Hooft, Banning Cocq
- (1618–1630) Volkert OverlanderVolkert OverlanderVolkert Overlander was a Dutch noble, jurist, ship-owner, merchant and an Amsterdam regent from the Dutch Golden Age.-Biography:...
- (1630–1636) Geertruid Hooft
- (1636–1655) Frans Banning CocqFrans Banning CocqKnight Frans Banning Cocq was a burgemeester of Amsterdam in the mid-17th century. He is best known as the central figure in Rembrandt's masterpiece The Night Watch....
- (1655–1678) Maria Overlander van PurmerlandMaria Overlander van PurmerlandMaria Overlander van Purmerland was a noble from the Dutch Golden Age.Maria Overlander was the daughter of Volkert Overlander and Geertruid Hooft. At the age of 27 she married Frans Banning Cocq. The couple lived at the house De Dolphijn and resided at their castle Ilpenstein. Jan Vos wrote a poem...
De Graeff
- (1678–1691) Catharina HooftCatharina HooftCatharina Pietersdr. Hooft was a woman of the Dutch Golden Age. She became famous at a very early age, when she was painted by Frans Hals. At the age of sixteen she married Cornelis de Graeff, nineteen years her senior and the most powerful regent and mayor of Amsterdam...
- (1678–1690) Jacob de GraeffJacob de GraeffJacob de Graeff , was a member of the De Graeff-family from the Dutch Golden Age. He was an Amsterdam Regent and held the titles as 20.th Lord of the Free and high Fief Ilpendam and Purmerland...
- (1690–1707) Pieter de GraeffPieter de GraeffPieter de Graeff , was a member of the De Graeff-family from the Dutch Golden Age. He was an Amsterdam Regent during the late 1660s and the early 1670s, and held the titles as Lord of the semi-sovereign Fief Zuid-Polsbroek and 19.th Lord of the Free and high Fief Ilpendam and Purmerland...
- (1707–1719) Cornelis de Graeff II.Cornelis de Graeff II.Cornelis de Graeff was a member of the family De Graeff, a prominent regent family from the Dutch Golden Age....
- (1719–1752) Gerrit de Graeff IGerrit de Graeff IGerrit de Graeff van Zuid-Polsbroek was a member of the De Graeff - Family from the Dutch Golden Age...
- (1721-1721) Agneta de Graeff
- (1752–1766) Elisabeth Lestevenon
- (1766–1811) Gerrit de Graeff II.
- (1811–1814) Gerrit de Graeff (III.) van Zuid-PolsbroekGerrit de Graeff (III.) van Zuid-PolsbroekGerrit de Graeff van Zuid-Polsbroek was a member of an influential regent family of Amsterdam, who have played an important role in the Dutch Golden Age.-Biographie:...
- (1814–1870) Gerrit de Graeff (IV.) van Zuid-Polsbroek
Literature / External links
- Moelker, H.P., De heerlijkheid Purmerland en Ilpendam (1978 Purmerend) (nl)
- Bruijn, J.H. De, E.A. De bewoners van het Kasteel IlpensteinIlpensteinIlpenstein was the name of a ruined castle of the Free and high Lordship of Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam, located in Ilpendam in the north of the city of Amsterdam.-History:...
en hun nakomelingen, 1827 - 1957. Ilpendam 1958 (nl) - Groesbeek, J.W., Middeleeuwse kastelen van Noord-Holland. Hun bewoners en bewogen geschiedenis (1981 Rijswijk) page 276-283 (nl)
- Google -Booksearch: Het heerlijk veer van Ilpendam (nl)
- The Free and high Lordship of (Purmerend), Purmerland and Ilpendam at Heren van Holland (nl)
- G. van Enst Koning Het Huis te Ilpendam en deszelfs voornaamste Bezitters (nl)