Overijssel, Lordship of

The Lordship of Overijssel or Overissel (Latin: Transisalania) is a former division of the Netherlands named for its position along the river Issel.

The lordship is formed in 1528 when Charles V of Habsburg conquers the Oversticht (roughly the present-day Province of Overijssel and Province of Drenthe), during the Guelders Wars.

Before 1528, this area had been part of the Bishopric of Utrecht.

In 1528, at the demand of Henry of the Palatinate, Prince-Bishop of Utrecht, Habsburg forces under Georg Schenck van Toutenburg liberate  the Bishopric, which had been occupied by the Duchy of Guelders since 1521–1522.

On October 20, 1528, Bishop Henry hands over power to Charles of Habsburg.

The Bishopric of Utrecht comes to an end and is divided into the Lordship of Utrecht and the Lordship of Overijssel, both ruled by a Habsburg Stadtholder.

The name Overijssel however is of much earlier date; Oversticht was known since 1233 by its Latin name Transysla or Transisalania, literally: Over-IJssel, i.e. the other side of the river IJssel.

Between 1528 and 1584, the Stadtholder of Overijssel is the same as the Stadtholder of the Lordship of Frisia.

The Lordship becomes part of the Burgundian Circle by the Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 and one of the Seventeen Provinces.

When the Batavian Republic is created in 1795, the Lordship of Overijssel is abolished.

After the Napoleonic Wars come to an end Overijssel is recreated as one of the provinces of United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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