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Free and high fief of Zuid-Polsbroek

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|native_name = Hoge of vrije heerlijkheid Zuid-Polsbroek(nl)

|conventional_long_name = Free or high Lordship of Zuid-Polsbroek

|common_name = Zuid-Polsbroek

|era = Middle Ages

|status = Vassal

|empire = Dutch Republic

|government_type = Allod

|year_start = late 10th century

|event_start = Allod / Fiefdom of Holland

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|year_end = 1923

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|event_pre = Lordship founded

|date_pre = early 13th century

|event1 = it was not sure if Polsbroek belong to the States of Holland or Utrecht

|date_event1 = since the late middleages

|event2 = to Utrecht

|date_event2 = 1819

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|image_coat = File:Polsbroek Zuid wapen.svg

|capital = Polsbroek (Zuid-Polsbroek)

|title_leader = Lords

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|image_map_caption = File:Map of the Free and High Fief of Zuid-Polsbroek.jpg

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The Free or High Lordship of Zuid-Polsbroek (Dutch: "vrije of hoge heerlijkheid") was a type of local jurisdiction with many rights. It's now part of Polsbroek in the Dutch province of Utrecht.

History

Zuid-Polsbroek, or Polsbroek, was an allodiumDrs. J. L. van der Gouw: De definitieve vorm van het graafschap/holland/ (1300-1795) [http://users.bart.nl/~leenders/gemhist/gouw/gouw3.html dutch] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726221707/http://users.bart.nl/~leenders/gemhist/gouw/gouw3.html |date=2011-07-26 }} and a free or high heerlijkheid,"Heren van Holland": [http://www.herenvanholland.nl/heerlijkheid.cfm?heerlijkheidnummer=234 Zuid-Polsbroek] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212014742/http://www.herenvanholland.nl/heerlijkheid.cfm?heerlijkheidnummer=234 |date=2007-02-12 }} a type of local jurisdiction with many rights. Since 1155 the lords of Polsbroek are able to speak the high (blood court) Adriaan Kluit, Historia critica comitatus Hollandiae et Zeelandiae ab antiquissimis inde deducta temporibus, band II, part 1, Medioburgi: apud Petrum Gillissen et fil. et Isaac de Winter, 1780, p. 166-169 (Codex Diplomaticus, Nr. XXVIII), p. 168 .. cum omni iusticia ...[https://books.google.com/books?id=fbdMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA168 Google books]. New Publishing by Samuel Muller et al., Oorkondenboek van het sticht Utrecht tot 1301, band 1, Osthoek, Utrecht 1920, p. 371 (Nr. 410) [https://books.google.com/books?id=vZDmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22in+pulsebroch3%22 Google books] middle and low justice over their territory. Zuid-Polsbroek was a half-independent (semi-sovereign) entity of the provinces Holland or Utrecht, like the larger Barony of IJsselstein to the east. During the late middle ages it became unsure if Zuid-Polsbroek originally belonged to the States of Holland or to the province (unie) of Utrecht. Polsbroek paid their duties to the States of Holland.Hedendaagsche historie, of tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren, band XVII, 7, Isaak Tirion, Amsterdam 1748, p. 568 [https://books.google.com/books?id=TMgWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA568 Google books] When the French introduced the municipal system in the Netherlands in 1807, the rights of the heerlijkheid were largely abolished, although the heerlijkheid itself existed until the early 20th century.

The fief of (Zuid-)Polsbroek was first ruled by the Lords of Arkel since the late 10th century. In later years Polsbroek was ruled by the lords of Woerden van Vliet (until 1423),Archive from the "Heerlijkheid Zuid-Polsbroek", part 1 - Verwerving van de heerlijkheid en andere goederen [http://www.hetutrechtsarchief.nl/collectie/archieven/algemeen/29-46 dutch] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100318054134/http://www.hetutrechtsarchief.nl/collectie/archieven/algemeen/29-46 |date=2010-03-18 }} Viscounts of Montfoort (1423-1481/82), Lords of Bergen from the House of Glymes (1481/82 until 1566),Marius Pieter van der Linden, De burggraven van Montfoort in de geschiedenis van het Sticht Utrecht en het Graafschap Holland (± 1260-1490), Van Gorcum, Haak & Pracke, Assen 1957, p. 164 [https://books.google.com/books?id=s3sTAQAAIAAJ&q=%22van+bergen%22+%22Polsbroek%22 Google books]Inventaris van het archief van de Nassause Domeinraad: Raad en Rekenkamer te Breda, 1170-1580 (1582): Stukken betreffende rechten en goederen van Anna van Buren, 1166-1580: Nationaal Archief, Den Haag (c) 1955, p. 139 [http://www.nationaalarchief.nl/toegangen/pdf/NL-HaNA_1.08.06.ead.pdf dutch]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} the House of Ligne (from 1566 to 1568) and their following House of Arenberg-Ligne (from 1568 to 1610). Since 1610 the heerlijkheid was a possession of the regentenfamily De GraeffArchive from the "Heerlijkheid Zuid-Polsbroek"; 2 Stukken betreffende verkoop en overdracht van de heerlijkheid Zuid-Polsbroek met toebehoren [http://www.hetutrechtsarchief.nl/collectie/archiefbank/archieftoegangen/zoekresultaat?miview=inv2&micode=29-46&mizk_alle=jacob+de+graeff+polsbroek dutch] from Amsterdam. When the French introduced the municipal system in the Netherlands in 1795, the rights of the heerlijkheid were largely abolished, although the heerlijkheid itself existed until the early 20th century.

= Capacity =

Zuid-Polsbroek was not a very big or important one of the Free or High Lordships of Holland or Utrecht. In 1555, Polsbroek had brought Jean de Ligne an annual income of 954 guilders, made up of rental income (63%), taxes (17%) and manorial rights such as hunting and fishing rights (20%).Nierop: The nobility of Holland (1993), p 96, p 107 As for the extent of the property, he was recorded in the books in Jacob Dircksz de Graeff's ownership in 1623 with 692 acres of land and 56 houses.Hedendaagsche historie, of tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren, Bd. XVII, 7, Isaak Tirion, Amsterdam 1748, p 568 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=TMgWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA568 books.google.com]).

= Lords of (Zuid-)Polsbroek =

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Category:Former polities in the Netherlands