Lordship of Overijssel

Lordship of Overijssel
Heerlijkheid Overijssel (nl)
State of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1548) part of the Habsburg Netherlands (1548–1588) part of the Dutch Republic (1588–1795) part of the Batavian Republic (from 1795)
1528–1798
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Lordship of Overijssel 1757
Capital		Not specified
Languages		Dutch, West Low German
Religion		Catholic Church Protestantism
Government		Feudal monarchy
Historical era		Middle Ages
•	Established	1528
•	Disestablished	1798

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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 was formed in 1528 when Charles V of Habsburg conquered the Oversticht (roughly the present-day Province of Overijssel and Province of Drenthe), during the Guelders Wars. Before 1528, this area was 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 liberated the Bishopric, which had been occupied by the Duchy of Guelders since 1521–1522. On October 20, 1528, Bishop Henry handed over power to Charles of Habsburg. The Bishopric of Utrecht came to an end and was 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.