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The County of Holland was a state of the Holy Roman Empire from its inception until 1433. From 1433 onward it was part of the Burgundian Netherlands, from 1482 part of the Habsburg Netherlands and from 1581 onward the leading province of the Dutch Republic until the Batavian Revolution in 1795.
Holland is a geographical region [3] and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. [3] From the 10th to the 16th century, Holland proper was a unified political region within the Holy Roman Empire as a county ruled by the counts of Holland.
The county remained in existence as a constituent member state of the Dutch Republic until 1795. There were no more counts however since the Estates of Holland and West-Frisia were the sovereign of the county (although the countship was offered to William the Silent in 1584, shortly before his death).
Dirk V is the first to be called Count of Holland. Dirk V: 1052 Vlaardingen Son of Floris I and Gertrude of Saxony: 28 June 1061 – 17 June 1091: County of Holland: Othethild (ca.1065-18 November 1120) 1083 two children 17 June 1091 Geldern aged 38-39: Floris II the Fat: 1085 Vlaardingen Son of Floris I and Gertrude of Saxony: 17 June 1091 ...
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Count Dirk was a member of the house of Holland, an important family within Germany at that time. His mother, Luitgard of Luxemburg, was regent in the county while Dirk was still a minor, from 993 to 1005. She was the sister-in-law of Emperor Henry II, and with his help, she managed to maintain the county for her son. After Dirk assumed the ...
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His niece Ada inherited Holland in 1203, but William refused to accept this. After a war of succession, known as the Loon War (1203–1206), William won the county. Ada and her husband, Louis II of Loon , were supported by the bishop of Liège , bishop of Utrecht , and the count of Flanders .