Zeeland

:For the South Pacific country, named after the province, see New Zealand; (some notes on how New Zealand got its name are underneath).

History

Zeeland has been a contested area between the counts of Holland and Flanders until 1299, when the count of Holland gained control of the county of Zeeland. Since then, Zeeland followed the fate of Holland. In 1432 it became part of the Low Countries possessions of Philip the Good of Burgundy, the later Seventeen Provinces. Through marriage, the Seventeen Provinces became property of the Habsburgs in 1477.

Related Topics:
Holland - Flanders - 1299 - County - 1432 - Low Countries - Philip the Good - Burgundy - Seventeen Provinces - Habsburg - 1477

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In the Eighty Years' War Zeeland was on the side of the Union of Utrecht, and became one of the United Provinces. The area now called Zeeuws-Vlaanderen was not part of Zeeland, but a part of Flanders that was conquered by the United Provinces: Staats-Vlaanderen (see: Generality Lands).

Related Topics:
Eighty Years' War - Union of Utrecht - United Provinces - Zeeuws-Vlaanderen - Generality Lands

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After the French occupation (see Bouches-de-l'Escaut) and the formation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815, the present province Zeeland was formed. The catastrophic North Sea Flood of 1953, which killed over 1,000 people in Zeeland, led to the construction of the protective Delta Works.

Related Topics:
Bouches-de-l'Escaut - Kingdom of the Netherlands - 1815 - North Sea Flood of 1953 - Delta Works

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