HJ Tulp
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In a timeline I'm working on the United Republic of the Netherlands falls apart in 1650. Basically the provinces of Holland, Utrecht and Zeeland try to dethrone the Stadholder of Friesland-Groningen-Drenthe after the death of William II. They will fail but it will break the Union. So afterwards we will have Holland, Utrecht and Zeeland forming a country together and http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Frederik_van_Nassau-Dietz will almost certainly control the provinces of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe. For the rest I'm pretty much blank though. I know very little about the Netherlands outside of Holland in that period so I could really use some help! What are the Estates-lands (basically occupied territory) going to do? How about Gelre, is it going to go with Friesland or will it go at it alone? How will those new statelets be governed?
I also wonder about the Holy Roman Empire. The United Provinces have only been independent from the HRE since 1648. I could imagine Willem-Frederik wanting his lands to be part of the HRE again as he was already a lord in the HRE or would I be wrong in presuming that? Would it be even possible for any of the new statelets to rejoin the HRE?
I'm open to all suggestions!
EDIT: and apologies for any grammatical or spelling mistakes
I also wonder about the Holy Roman Empire. The United Provinces have only been independent from the HRE since 1648. I could imagine Willem-Frederik wanting his lands to be part of the HRE again as he was already a lord in the HRE or would I be wrong in presuming that? Would it be even possible for any of the new statelets to rejoin the HRE?
I'm open to all suggestions!
EDIT: and apologies for any grammatical or spelling mistakes