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This is seen as the beginning of the county of Holland. However, until about 1100, the usual names for the county were West-Friesland, Frisia or Kennemerland; in spite of this the counts from Dirk I onwards are traditionally named of Holland. Note that the chronology of the first few counts is uncertain.
The territory of the County of Holland corresponds roughly with the current provinces of North Holland and South Holland in the Netherlands. The County of Holland was the first Holy Roman county in the area to reach the level of economic, cultural, military, and technological development it did, having had time to undergo this development ...
The Merwede is one of Holland's most important inland water. To the region of land along the Merwede the name of Holland was given in 1015 by the Count of Friesland, Dirck III. Of these counts, ruling from 922 to 1299, seven were named Dirck, and five were named Floris.
Count of Holland. The counts of Holland ruled over the County of Holland in the Low Countries between the 10th and the 16th century. There was a war of succession between uncle ( John III, Duke of Bavaria) and niece ( Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut ).
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In some languages, Holland is used as the formal name for the Netherlands. However, Holland is a region within the Netherlands that consists of the two provinces of North and South Holland. Formerly these were a single province, and earlier the County of Holland, which included parts of present-day Utrecht.
1 day ago · “Netherlands” means low-lying country; the name Holland (from Houtland, or “Wooded Land”) was originally given to one of the medieval cores of what later became the modern state and is still used for 2 of its 12 provinces (Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland).
William I (Count of Holland) William II of Holland. William III of Holland. William IV of Holland. William V of Holland. William VI of Holland. Categories: Counts of the Holy Roman Empire. Belgian nobility.
