The Treaty of Raalte was signed on 1 October 1657 by
Willem III and resulted in Willem giving up the
stadtholder
In the Low Countries, ''stadtholder'' ( nl, stadhouder ) was an office of steward, designated a medieval official and then a national leader. The ''stadtholder'' was the replacement of the duke or count of a province during the Burgundian and H ...
ship of
Overijssel
Overijssel (, ; nds, Oaveriessel ; german: Oberyssel) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the eastern part of the country. The province's name translates to "across the IJssel", from the perspective of the ...
, which is a province located in what is currently the central-eastern part of the
Netherlands.
[Rowen, Herbert. ]
John de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland, 1625-1672
', pp. 363-378 (Princeton University Press, 2015). The conflict resolved by this treaty featured two opposing groups of towns in Overijssel: one group met at the town of
Zwolle, while the other met in the town of
Deventer
Deventer (; Sallands: ) is a city and municipality in the Salland historical region of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. In 2020, Deventer had a population of 100,913. The city is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, bu ...
.
The mediators who negotiated this settlement were
Johan de Witt and
Cornelis de Graeff.
See also
*
List of treaties
Further reading
*Prak, Maarten Roy (translated by Diane Webb). ''The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century: the Golden Age''. Cambridge University Press, 2005. {{ISBN, 0-521-84352-9
References
1657 treaties
Treaties involving territorial changes
Raalte
Raalte () is a municipality and a town in the heart of the region of Salland in the Dutch province of Overijssel.
Population centres
The municipality consists of the following towns and villages. Raalte is the main place of the municipality, w ...
1657 in the Dutch Republic