The following is a list of grand pensionariesofHolland, Zeeland and the Batavian Republic. During the time of the Dutch Republic, the grand pensionary was the most prominent member of the government. Though officially only a civil servant of the estates, the grand pensionary was the de facto leader of the entire republic, second only to the stadtholder, and often served in a capacity similar to that of today's prime ministers.
Grand pensionaries of the province of Holland during the time of the Seventeen Provinces:
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | |
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Barthout van Assendelft (ca. 1440–1502) |
1480 | 1489 | |
Jan Bouwensz (ca. 1452–1514) |
1489 | 1494 | |
Barthout van Assendelft (ca. 1440–1502) |
1494 | 1497 | |
Frans Coebel van der Loo (ca. 1470–1532) |
1500 | 1513 | |
Albrecht van Loo (ca. 1470–1532) |
1513 | 1524 | |
Aert van der Goes (1475–1545) |
May 1525 |
January 1544 | |
Adriaen van der Goes (ca. 1505-1560) |
30 January 1544 |
5 November 1560 | |
Jacob van den Eynde (ca. 1515-1570) |
1560 | 1568 |
Holland formally adopted the Act of Abjuration in 1581 to become a province in the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. Grand pensionaries of the province of Holland during the time of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands:
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | ||
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Paulus Buys (1531–1594) |
1572 | 16 March 1584 | ||
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547–1619) |
16 March 1586 |
12 May 1619 | ||
Andries de Witt (1573–1637) |
12 May 1619 |
1621 | ||
Anthonie Duyck (1560–1629) |
1621 | 1629 | ||
Jacob Cats (1577–1660) |
1629 | 1631 | ||
Adriaan Pauw (1585–1653) |
1631 | 1636 | ||
Jacob Cats (1577–1660) |
1636 | 1651 | ||
Adriaan Pauw (1585–1653) |
1651 | 30 July 1653 | ||
Johan de Witt (1625–1672) |
30 July 1653 |
4 August 1672 | ||
Gaspar Fagel (1634–1688) |
20 August 1672 |
5 December 1688 | ||
Michiel ten Hove (1640–1689) |
5 December 1688 |
24 March 1689 | ||
Anthonie Heinsius (1641–1720) |
27 May 1689 |
3 August 1720 | ||
Isaac van Hoornbeek (1655–1727) |
12 September 1720 |
17 June 1727 | ||
Simon van Slingelandt (1664–1736) |
17 July 1727 |
1 December 1736 | ||
Anthonie van der Heim (1693–1746) |
4 April 1737 |
7 July 1746 | ||
Willem Buys (1661–1749) |
7 July 1746 |
23 September 1746 | ||
Jacob Gilles (1691–1765) |
23 September 1746 |
18 June 1749 | ||
Pieter Steyn (1706–1772) |
18 June 1749 |
5 November 1772 | ||
Pieter van Bleiswijk (1724–1790) |
18 June 1772 |
5 November 1787 | ||
Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel (1736–1800) |
9 November 1787 |
9 February 1795 |
Grand pensionaries of the province of Zeeland during the time of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands:
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | ||
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Christoffel Roels (1540–1597) |
3 July 1578 |
18 May 1597 | ||
Johan van de Warck (died 1615) |
25 March 1599 |
24 November 1614 | ||
Bonifacius de Jonge (1567–1625) |
18 February 1615 |
June 1625 | ||
Johan Boreel (1577–1629) |
28 October 1625 |
1 November 1629 | ||
Boudewijn de Witte | 19 February 1630 |
23 March 1641 | ||
Cornelis Adriaansz. Stavenisse (1595–1649) |
19 April 1641 |
28 May 1649 | ||
Johan de Brune (1589–1658) |
16 August 1649 |
7 November 1658 | ||
Adriaan Veth (1608–1663) |
29 November 1658 |
25 November 1663 | ||
Pieter de Huybert (1622–1697) |
19 March 1664 |
9 October 1687 | ||
Jacob Verheije (1640–1718) |
10 October 1687 |
16 August 1718 | ||
Caspar van Citters (1674–1734) |
28 November 1718 |
28 September 1734 | ||
Dignus Francois Keetlaer (1674–1750) |
2 November 1734 |
23 March 1750 | ||
Johan Pieter Recxstoot (1701–1756) |
31 May 1751 |
31 January 1756 | ||
Jacob du Bon (c. 1695–1760) |
3 January 1757 |
1 June 1760 | ||
Wilhem van Citters (1723–1802) |
15 December 1760 |
25 May 1766 | ||
Adriaan Steengracht (1731–1770) |
26 May 1766 |
6 May 1770 | ||
Johan Marinus Chalmers (1720–1796) |
13 August 1770 |
12 May 1785 | ||
Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel (1737–1800) |
22 September 1785 |
24 April 1788 | ||
Willem Aarnoud van Citters (1741–1811) |
25 April 1788 |
1795 |
Grand pensionaries of the Batavian Republic:
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Faction | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (1761–1825) |
15 May 1805 |
4 June 1806 |
Moderate | |
Carel de Vos van Steenwijk (1759–1830) |
4 June 1806 |
18 June 1806 |
Federalist |