County of Buren

The county Buren (pronounced Buren ) in today's province of Gelderland was up to the establishment of the Batavian Republic in 1795, an independent county, which is not formally the United Provinces of the Netherlands belonged, but stood still in their dependence.

Chronicle

The glory Buren, was formed in 994 by chipping from the county Teisterbant and was from then on, owned by Messrs. Van Buren. Their emblem was the insignia of the glory and the main town Buren. Originally, the high glory of the fortified town of Buren, to which by inheritance the places Beusichem, Zoelmond, Buurmalsen and Tricht added. In 1472 the family Van Buren was ousted from the Gelderischen Dukes out of the house Egmond and 1498 rose Emperor Maximilian I to the glory Buren County. Later Emperor Charles V. Buren wanted raise the Duchy, but Graf Maximilian von Egmond had rejected with the following words: " Liever een graaf rijke, dan een poor hertog. "

In 1551 Buren, including the county Leerdam about Anna of Egmond- Buren gets into the hands of the House of Orange -Nassau. In 1795, with the proclamation of the Batavian Republic, all glorious rights were abolished and the Boers lost its independence and the status as a county. The head of the House of Orange- Nassau ( Dutch State) leads since the ( honorary ) title graaf van Buren.

Count of Buren

House of Egmond

House of Orange -Nassau

• Historical Netherlands
• Historical Territory (Netherlands)
• Buren ( Gelderland)