context: In theory, the stadtholders were freely appointed by and subordinate to the states of each province. However, in practice the princes of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau, beginning with William the Silent, were always chosen as stadtholders of most of the provinces. Zeeland and usually Utrecht had the same stadtholder as Holland.
question: చాలా ప్రావిన్సుల్లో ఎవరెవరిని స్టాడ్హోల్డర్లుగా ఎన్నుకున్నారు?
answers: the princes of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau, beginning with William the Silent