Hamaland

County of Hamaland
Graafschap Hamaland (nl)
9th century–11th century
The County of Hamaland
The County of Hamaland
StatusVassal of Carolingian Empire
CapitalZutphen e.a.
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
9th century
• Disestablished
11th century
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Chamavi
County of Zutphen
County of Guelders

Hamaland (also Hameland) was a medieval Carolingian vassal county in the east of the modern-day Netherlands. Its name originated from the former Chamavi inhabitants[1] that merged into the newly formed confederation of Franks. It is located east of the river IJssel and south of Salland (the original homeland of the Frankish Salii) and Twente (the original homeland of the Germanic Tuihanti). Hamaland and the Chamavi had since late antiquity been ruled by independent kings, before being subdued by the Carolingian Franks.

  1. ^ Latham, Robert Gordon (1860). A Hand-book of the English Language: For the Use of Students of the Universities and Higher Schools. Walton and Maberly.