Burgraviate of Zealand

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The Burgraviate of Zealand was a hereditary office that existed in Zeeland from the beginning of the 13th to the end of the 16th century. The incumbent was the Lord of Voorne (whose property was in South Holland ) until 1372 , and from the middle of the 15th century the family of the Lords of Kruiningen .

The last burgrave of Zealand was John VI. von Kruiningen, who died in 1559; his son Maximilian, the last member of the family († 1612), did not take over the office, especially since it had become superfluous: Maximilian of Burgundy had been a margrave of Veere and Vlissingen since 1555 , quite apart from the fact that Seeland had been since 1428 ( after a long dispute between Flanders and Holland ) was in the possession of the Dukes of Burgundy or their successors, who were represented by the governor of Holland and Zealand .

Burgraves of Zealand

  • Hugo, † before 1216, dominus de Voorne, castellanus Zeelandiae
  • Dietrich (Dirk), † 1228, his brother, Lord of Voorne, Burgrave of Zealand
  • Heinrich (Hendrik), † 1259, his son, 1247 Lord of Voorne, Burgrave of Zealand
  • Albrecht, † 1287, his son, 1259 Lord of Voorne, Burgrave of Zealand
  • Gerhard, † 1337, his son, 1296 lord of Voorne, burgrave of Zealand
  • Mechtild, † 1372, his daughter, 1337 wife of Voorne, Countess of Zealand; ∞ I Dietrich Luf von Kleve Graf von Hülchrath, † 1332; ∞ II Dietrich IV. Von Valkenburg, X 1346; without offspring
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House Kruiningen

  • Adrian II, attested in 1451/79, Lord of Kruiningen , 1451/73 Burgrave of Zealand
  • Johann V, † 1513, his son, Herr zu Kruiningen, Burgrave of Zealand, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
  • Jost I., † 1543, his son, Lord of Kruiningen, Burgrave of Zealand
  • Jost II., X 1547, his son, Herr zu Kruiningen, Burgrave of Zealand
  • Johann VI., † 1559, his brother, Herr zu Kruiningen, Burgrave of Zealand

literature

  • Detlev Schwennicke, European Family Tables Volume XVIII (1998) Plate 55 (Voorne), Volume VIII (1980) Plate 33 (Kruiningen)