Lordship of Strijen

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The rule Strijen ( Dutch Heerlijkheid Strijen ) was an independent rule on the Hoeksche Waard in what is now the province of South Holland . In modern terms, the rule was between Rotterdam in the north and Breda in the southeast, bordered by the Oude Maas and the Hollands Diep .

The rule of Strijen was probably initially an allodial rule, which was only later subjugated by the Count of Holland .

Under Zweder von Abcoude, Lord von Putten and Strijen, the Strijen dominion consisted of the villages of Strijen , Broek and Weede, as well as the areas of Loogors, Markgors and Oude Puttermoer. In the 13th century, Zevenbergen and Nieuwervaart, later Klundert, also belonged to it, today districts of Moerdijk , as well as the villages of Overdraghe and Terhavenne.

The rule of Strijen went largely under in the Elisabethenflut 1421 (November 19, 1421), which resulted in the Hollands Diep:

  • The eastern part of Strijen sank, the western part found itself as an island after the flood
  • Broek, a village on the south-west dike of the Groote Waard , the agricultural area on the border between the county of Holland and the Duchy of Brabant , which began in 1283, marked the point where the dike broke; the village went under in Hollands Diep, today the Moerdijk Bridge is located here.
  • Weede was located southwest of today's Maasdam on the Hoeksche Waard and also sank in 1421; Remains of the castle from the 13th century, with a floor area of ​​50 by 75 meters, the largest from this period, were discovered in 1957.
  • Overdraghe and Terhavenne were also engulfed by the sea.

Owner of Strijen

  • Vastraad von Strijen, testified in 1167.
  • Willem I and Huge von Strijen, attested before 1190
  • Willem II, Lord of Strijen, 1224–1244 attested
  • Willem III, Lord of Strijen, 1252–1273 attested.
  • Willem IV, Lord of Strijen 1275 attested, † before November 25, 1294; he received an assurance from the Count of Holland that his daughter could take over the inheritance
  • Aleid I, mistress of Strijen 1294–1316 ∞ Nicolaas III, master of Putten
  • Beatrijs, eldest daughter of Nicolaas III and Aleid I, mistress of Strijen since 1316; ∞ I Hugo van Zottegem † 1321; ∞ II Guido of Flanders † 1345 ( House Dampierre )
  • Aleid II, youngest daughter of Nicolaas III, 1354–1361 mistress of Putten and Strijen, ∞ Boudewijn van Praat (childless)
  • Zweder van Abcoude, grandson of Oede, the middle daughter of Nicolaas III; Lord of Gaasbeek , Abcoude , Putten and Strijen 1361–1400
  • Jacob van Gaasbeek, son of Zweder; Lord of Gaasbeek, Abcoude, Putten and Strijen 1400–1459

Jacob remained childless, which is why he sold putti and strijen to the sovereign, the Count of Holland, as early as 1456, reserving the usufruct . With his death in 1459 Putten then definitely fell to the count in the person of the Burgundian Duke Philip the Good († 1467). Philip gave putti as apanage to his son Charles the Bold († 1477). During this time, Philipp von Horn († 1489) from the Horn family also appeared as Herr von Putten and Strijen .