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# Holland, except Sommelsdijk, which belonged to Zeeland | # Holland, except Sommelsdijk, which belonged to Zeeland | ||
# Friesland | # Friesland | ||
# Zeeland, including Sommelsdijk and excluding most of Zeeuws | # Zeeland, including Sommelsdijk and excluding most of Zeeuws Vlaanderen | ||
# Gelderland | # Gelderland | ||
# Utrecht | # Utrecht | ||
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# Overijssel and Drenthe | # Overijssel and Drenthe | ||
Also included in this union were large parts of the present provinces of Noord-Brabant, Limburg, and Zeeuws | Also included in this union were large parts of the present provinces of Noord-Brabant, Limburg, and Zeeuws Vlaanderen, which were controlled directly by the central government (the States General). Further, the Republic at one time included all of the modern country of Belgium, the present-day departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais in France, and the area of Ostfriesland in Germany. | ||
Prior to about 1800 the smaller political units in each province or state were comprised of various types of manors [''heerlijkheden''], towns [''steden''], and liberties [''vrijheden'']. In the rural areas during the early Middle Ages there were high manors [''hooge-heerlijkheden''] that owed their existence to the feudal estates (fiefs obtained from the dukes, counts, and bishops), which were controlled by their bailiffs [''baljuws'']. Titles to these manors became hereditary. | Prior to about 1800 the smaller political units in each province or state were comprised of various types of manors [''heerlijkheden''], towns [''steden''], and liberties [''vrijheden'']. In the rural areas during the early Middle Ages there were high manors [''hooge-heerlijkheden''] that owed their existence to the feudal estates (fiefs obtained from the dukes, counts, and bishops), which were controlled by their bailiffs [''baljuws'']. Titles to these manors became hereditary. | ||