The
Free or high Lordship (Fief) of
Purmerend and
Purmerland and after 1618 Purmerland and
Ilpendam
Ilpendam is a village in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Waterland, and lies about 4 km south of Purmerend. It covers an area of 2.46 km2 (0.95 sq mi) and had 1,780 inhabitants in 2008. Ilp ...
(
Dutch: "vrije of hoge
heerlijkheid
A ''heerlijkheid'' (a Dutch word; pl. ''heerlijkheden''; also called ''heerschap''; Latin: ''Dominium'') was a landed estate that served as the lowest administrative and judicial unit in rural areas in the Dutch-speaking Low Countries before 1800. ...
") was a type of local jurisdiction with many rights.
History
Purmerend and Purmerland
As a free or high Lordship Purmerend - Purmerland - Ilpendam itself was an ''
Allod'' in the province
Holland. In 1410 the Lordship "Purmerend and Purmerland" was founded for
Willem Eggert
Knight Willem Eggert, (Amsterdam, 1360 - Purmerend, 15 July 1417) was a Dutch politician (stadtholder of Holland), Nobility, noble, banker and schepen of Amsterdam. He owned much land in Weesp, Monnickendam, Oosthuizen, Aalsmeer and Wognum.
Bi ...
, the advisor of
William II, Duke of Bavaria
William II of Bavaria (5 April 1365—31 May 1417) was Duke of Bavaria-Straubing and count of Holland (listed as William VI), Hainaut (listed as William IV) and Zeeland. He ruled from 1404 until 1417, when he died from an infection caused by a ...
, count of Holland. In 1572 the Lordship was taken by the States of Holland.
Purmerland and Ilpendam
In 1618 the new Lordship was re-established under the name "Purmerland and Ilpendam". Since 1678 the ''heerlijkheid'' was a possession of the prominent family
De Graeff from Amsterdam. When the
French
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* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
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.
Lords
Purmerend and Purmerland
Eggert
* (1410–1417)
Willem Eggert
Knight Willem Eggert, (Amsterdam, 1360 - Purmerend, 15 July 1417) was a Dutch politician (stadtholder of Holland), Nobility, noble, banker and schepen of Amsterdam. He owned much land in Weesp, Monnickendam, Oosthuizen, Aalsmeer and Wognum.
Bi ...
* (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??-1483)
Jan van Montfoort. Confiscated after the
Second Utrecht Civil War
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Egmont
* (1483-1516)
John III van Egmont
* (1516-1528)
John IV van Egmont
* (1528–1541)
Charles I van Egmont
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "f ...
* (1541–1568)
Lamoraal van Egmont
Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Prince of Gavere (18 November 1522 – 5 June 1568) was a general and statesman in the Spanish Netherlands just before the start of the Eighty Years' War, whose execution helped spark the national uprising that eventual ...
* (1568–1582)
Philip van Egmont
States of Holland
* (1582–1618)
States of Holland
Purmerland and Ilpendam
Overlander, Hooft, Banning Cocq
* (1618–1630)
Volkert Overlander
* (1630–1636) Geertruid Hooft
* (1636–1655)
Frans Banning Cocq
* (1655–1678)
Maria Overlander van Purmerland
Maria Overlander van Purmerland (Amsterdam, 24 June 1603 – 27 January 1678) was a noble from the Dutch Golden Age.
Life
Maria Overlander was the daughter of Volkert Overlander and Geertruid Hooft. Her sister Geertruid Overlander (1609–1634) w ...
De Graeff
* (1678–1691)
Catharina Hooft
Catharina Pietersdr Hooft (28 December 1618 – 30 September 1691) 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, nin ...
* (1678–1690)
Jacob de Graeff
* (1690–1707)
Pieter de Graeff
Pieter de Graeff (15 August 1638 – 3 June 1707), 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 Zui ...
* (1707–1719)
Cornelis de Graeff II.
* (1719–1752)
Gerrit de Graeff I
* (1721-1721) Agneta de Graeff
* (1752–1766) Elisabeth Lestevenon
* (1766–1811)
Gerrit de Graeff II.
Gerrit de Graeff (II) van Zuid-Polsbroek (23 December 1741 in Amsterdam – 20 December 1811 at Ilpenstein) was a Dutch politician at local and national Level during the Patriottentijd and afterwards. He belonged to the patrician class of Amste ...
* (1811–1814)
Gerrit de Graeff (III.) van Zuid-Polsbroek
Gerrit de Graeff, ''vrijheer van Zuid-Polsbroek, Purmerland and Ilpendam'' (24 February 1766, Amsterdam – 16 December 1814) was a member of the influential De Graeff family of Amsterdam. He belonged to the patrician class of the city and hel ...
* (1814–1870)
Gerrit de Graeff (IV.) van Zuid-Polsbroek
De Jong
* (1870–1912) Dirk de Jongh
See also
* Castle
Purmerstein
* Castle
Ilpenstein
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
Ilpenstein 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)
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