Zutphen County

The reign and later evolved from the county of Zutphen Zutphen castle at the mouth of the Berkel in the IJssel at the present Dutch province Gelderland. It was created as a separate county in 1046, and included the northern part of the Gaus Hamaland.

Since the county has a similar area included as the landscape Achterhoek today Achterhoek and De Graafschap, despite the different background, used synonymously.

The county of Zutphen

The county in northern Hamaland was established in August 1046 from King Henry III. (1039-1056) to the bishop of Utrecht gave after he had issued the previous owner, Gottfried with the beard, Duke of Lower Lorraine, from the family of Wigeriche of rebellion.

The deed of 1046 suggests that Gottfried or his father and predecessor, Duke Gotzelo I., in the northern Hamaland had established a feudal counts, someone who had been invested with the exercise of the Graf Office by the direct imperial counts. It appears that the state is created shortly after Christmas 1025, as Duke Godfrey's father and predecessor, namely was from September 1024 to Christmas 1025 in opposition to the succession of Emperor Henry II by Conrad II, however, with him Christmas 1025 reconciled again. During this time Conrad had a favorite, Werner, property given in the southern Hamaland and on the Veluwe, is of Adela of Hamaland for their involvement in the murder of Bill Unger Count Wichmann III. had been seized in October 1016. In a document from the period 1046/56 was at in the southern Hamaland a Count Wecelo ( a well-known form of Werner), it can be assumed that that Wecelo / Werner Count of southern Hamalands was. Thus, a count should be in the northern Hamaland also have been used, probably the ancestor of the later Zutphener Graf house, Gottschalk ( † 1063 ).

As Gottschalk had not participated in the rebellion of his Duke Gottfried with the beard, he could remain in office after his defeat. Normally, he would have become rich just count, but since Henry III. 1046 the northern Hamaland gave the Bishop of Utrecht, this did not happen, and Gottschalk remained Lehnsgraf, now the bishop. The result was the 1046 ' county Northern Hamaland ", which soon became known as" county of Zutphen. "

De Rathnon ( at the edge Diepenveen ) ad Hun ( the Schipbeek at Olst ), de Hun ad Weicstapolon ( Weggestapelen between Bathmen and Holten at the Schipbeek ) inde ad Westerfle " (: In a document of 1046 the boundaries of the county are described as follows Westerflier at Diepenheim ), de Westerfle ad Agastaldaburg ( Hazelberg in Lochem ), de Agastaldaburg ad Stenere ( Steenderen ) by silvam, et in alia parte Isle de Louene ( Leuvenheim at hum) usque ad Erbeke ( Eerbeek in hum), de Erbeke ad Suthemp ( Empe at Voorst ), et alia ex parte item Isle ad Ascethe ( Eschde at Gorssel ). " this donation also included the right of coinage in Deventer.

The most famous Count of Zutphen is Gottschalk's son Otto II, whose daughter Ermengard about 1127 Gerhard von Wassenberg married, making the county of Zutphen and the county were merged funds. The couple's son, Henry I then went on as Count of funds and Zutphen. As money was raised to a duchy in 1339, you spoke of the " Duke of funds and Count of Zutphen ."

Funds and Zutphen came in 1371 to the Counts of Jülich, 1423 to the House of Egmond and 1538 the house of the Mark, which were dukes of Jülich, Cleves and Berg and Count of Mark and Ravensburg mountain, and Lords of Ravenstein simultaneously. In Gelderischen succession dispute between the From Mark and the Habsburgs in 1543, the county came together with the Duchy of funds to Habsburg. Since then, the county of Zutphen belonged to the Burgundian kingdom circle. In 1579, the redeemed " Seven Provinces ", which later became the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, from the kingdom. Funds and Zutphen joined the new state then at as a unit.

See also: List of Counts of Zutphen

Cities in the county of Zutphen

In addition to the capital city of Zutphen following places were in the county town charter:

Castles in the county of Zutphen

The following castles are still available:

  • Huis Bergh
  • Hackfort
  • Keppel
  • Ruurlo in Berkel country
  • Schuilenburg
  • Castle Ulft
  • Huis' t Velde
  • Verwolde
  • Wiping
  • Slangenburg

Other castles are forfeited:

  • Bevervoorde
  • Bredevoort
  • Bronckhorst
  • Dedingsweerde
  • Didam
  • Oud- wiping
  • Sevenaer
  • Silvolde
  • Sinderen
  • Swanenburg
  • Opladen
  • Welmaring
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