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This is a list of monarchs of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koningen der Nederlanden). By practical extension, the list includes the stadtholders of the House of Orange Nassau since 1556. However, they were voted into office by, and were civil servants and generals of, the semi-independent provinces of the Dutch Republic and cannot be seen as monarchs.
List of governors of the Habsburg Netherlands; List of grand pensionaries (Holland, Zeeland, Batavian Republic) List of heirs to the Dutch throne; List of stadtholders in the Netherlands. List of monarchs of the Netherlands#Stadtholderate under the House of Orange-Nassau; List of monarchs of the Netherlands § Stadtholderate under the House of ...
Le Poer Trench; the Earl of Clancarty in the peerage of Ireland is the Marquis of Heusden, [3]; D'Auxy; Van Hoensbroeck (this family left the Netherlands in the 19th century. . Known in Germany as Graf von und zu Hoensbroech, the head of this family bears the titles of Marquis and Count von und zu Hoensbroec
The monarchy of the Netherlands is governed by the country's constitution, roughly a third of which explains the mechanics of succession, accession, and abdication; the roles and duties of the monarch; the formalities of communication between the States General of the Netherlands; and the monarch's role in creating laws.
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Coat of arms of the Habsburg Netherlands. The governor (Dutch: landvoogd) or governor-general (gouverneur-generaal) of the Habsburg Netherlands was a representative appointed by the Holy Roman emperor (1504-1556), the king of Spain (1556-1598, 1621-1706), and the archduke of Austria (1716-1794), to administer the Burgundian inheritance of the House of Habsburg in the Low Countries when the ...
The following is a list of usurpers – illegitimate or controversial claimants to the throne in a monarchy. The word usurper is a derogatory term, often associated with claims that the ruler seized power by force or deceit rather than legal right. [1] The term has often carried disdain to those who have been accused of being one. [2]
I agree that de facto the stadholders may have been the leaders, but de juro it was the States General. On the other hand if we adopt the de facto ruler as ruler in this list, than we must also conclude that (at least) from Thorbecke onwards the prime ministers were rulers and not the king. Arnoutf 10:04, 24 January 2015 (UTC)