Lordship of Frisia [SEP] dissolved or abolished
When the Batavian Republic was created in 1795, the Lordship of Frisia was abolished as a relic of the Ancien Régime.
Cities.
The ancient cities of Friesland are shown below:
Stadtholders of Friesland.
- Floris van Egmond, Count of Buren, 1515–1518
- Willem van Roggendorff, 1518–1521
- Jancko Douwama, 1522 (Frisian rebel)
- Georg Schenck van Toutenburg, 1521–1540
- Maximiliaan van Egmond, Count of Buren, 1540–1548
- Jean de Ligne, Count of Arenberg, 1559–1568
fifth Lordship to join the rebels' Union of Utrecht. From 1580 onward, all stadtholders were members of the House of Orange-Nassau. With the Peace of Münster in 1648, Frisia became a full member of the independent Dutch Republic.
In 1798, three years after the Batavian Revolution, the Lordship of Frisia was abolished and its territory was divided between the Eems and Oude IJssel departments. This was short-lived, however, as Frisia was revived as a department in 1802. When the Netherlands were annexed by