Lordship of Utrecht [SEP] dissolved or abolished
confused with the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713).
When the Batavian Republic was created in 1795, the Lordship of Utrecht was abolished.
History.
History Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht.
George Edmundson wrote, in "Encyclopædia Britannica", 1911 edition, that the bishops had no hereditary or dynastic interest in his land, and, as a temporal ruler, their powers were limited by the necessity of having to secure the goodwill of the higher clergy, of the nobles and of the cities, and also because
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