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Stadtholder


 

A stadtholder (Dutch: stadhouder meaning "representative", a literal translation of the French lieutenant or the Latin locum tenans) was the person who ruled an area in the name of the land owner, in the Netherlands (which included present-day Belgium) from the 15th to the 18th century. The title therefore roughly corresponds with "governor".

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Dutch - French - Latin - Netherlands - Belgium - 15th - 18th century - Governor

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