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County of Zeeland Graafschap Zeeland (Dutch) | |||||||||
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| 1012–1795 | |||||||||
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.svg) The County of Zeeland around 1350. | |||||||||
| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1581/1648) Province of the Dutch Republic (1581/1648-1795/) | ||||||||
| Capital | Middelburg | ||||||||
| Common languages | Dutch | ||||||||
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| Government | Feudal monarchy | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages, Renaissance, Modern | ||||||||
• Established | 1012 | ||||||||
• Held by Holland | 1323 | ||||||||
• To Burgundy | 1432 | ||||||||
• Joined Burgundian Circle | 1512 | ||||||||
• Part of Dutch Republic | 1581 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1795 | ||||||||
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The County of Zeeland (Dutch: Graafschap Zeeland) was a county of the Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries and it later became one of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic. It covered an area in the Scheldt and Meuse delta roughly corresponding to the modern Dutch province of Zeeland. The County of Zeeland did not include the region of Zeelandic Flanders which was part of Flanders; conversely, the modern Province of Zeeland does not include Sommelsdijk, historically part of the County of Zeeland.