Fief of Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam

The Free and high Fief of Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam (Dutch: "vrije en hoge heerlijkheid") was a type of local jurisdiction with many rights.

History of the free and high fief

As a free and high Fief, itself was an independent (semisouverain Fief) of the province Holland. In 1410 the Fief was founded for Willem Eggert, the advisor of William II, Duke of Bavaria, count of Holland. Since 1678 the heerlijkheid was a possession of the prominent family De Graeff from Amsterdam. When the French introduced the municipal system in the Netherlands, the rights of the heerlijkheid were largely abolished, although the heerlijkheid itself existed until the early 20th century.

Count Lamoraal van Egmont

Frans Banning Cocq (with a red sash) in Rembrandt's Night Watch

Pieter de Graeff by Caspar Netscher, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (1663)

Lords

Eggert

• (1410–1417) Willem Eggert

• (1417-14??) Jan Eggert

• (14??-14??) Jan, Bastard of Bavaria

• (14??-1430) Willem Eggert II

• (1430–1440) Gerrit van Zijl

Montfoort

• (1440–1449) Johan van Montfoort

• (1449-14??) Hendrik van Montfoort

• (14??-1483) Jan van Montfoort. Confiscated after the Second Utrecht Civil War

Egmont

• (1483-1516) John III van Egmont

• (1516-1528) John IV van Egmont

• (1528–1541) Charles I van Egmont

• (1541–1568) Lamoraal van Egmont

• (1568–1582) Philip van Egmont

States of Holland

• (1582–1618) States of Holland

Overlander, Hooft, Banning Cocq

• (1618–1630) Volkert Overlander

• (1630–1636) Geertruid Hooft

• (1636–1655) Frans Banning Cocq

• (1655–1678) Maria Overlander van Purmerland

De Graeff

• (1678–1691) Catharina Hooft

• (1678–1690) Jacob de Graeff

• (1690–1707) Pieter de Graeff

• (1707–1719) Cornelis de Graeff II.

• (1719–1752) Gerrit de Graeff I

• (1721-1721) Agneta de Graeff

• (1752–1766) Elisabeth Lestevenon

• (1766–1811) Gerrit de Graeff II.

• (1811–1814) Gerrit de Graeff (III.) van Zuid-Polsbroek

• (1814–1870) Gerrit de Graeff (IV.) van Zuid-Polsbroek

De Jong

• (1870–1911) Dirk de Jongh

See also

• Castle Purmerstein
• Castle Ilpenstein

Literature / External links

• Moelker, H.P., De heerlijkheid Purmerland en Ilpendam (1978 Purmerend) (nl)
• Bruijn, J.H. De, E.A. De bewoners van het Kasteel Ilpenstein en hun nakomelingen, 1827 - 1957. Ilpendam 1958 (nl)
• Groesbeek, J.W., Middeleeuwse kastelen van Noord-Holland. Hun bewoners en bewogen geschiedenis (1981 Rijswijk) page 276-283 (nl)
• Google -Booksearch: Het heerlijk veer van Ilpendam (nl)
• The Free and high Lordship of (Purmerend), Purmerland and Ilpendam at Heren van Holland (nl)
• G. van Enst Koning Het Huis te Ilpendam en deszelfs voornaamste Bezitters (nl)