DRENTE  , a See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland, bounded N. and N.E. by See also:

• GRONINGEN

Groningen, S.E. by the Prussian province of See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover, S. and S.W. by See also:

• OVERYSEL, or OVERYSSEL

Overysel, and N.W. by See also:

• FRIESLAND, or VRIESLAND

Friesland; See also:

• AREA

area, 1128 sq. m.; pop . (19o0) 149,551 . The province of Drente is a sandy See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau forming the See also:

• KERNEL (O.E. cyrnel, a diminutive of " corn," seed, grain)

kernel of the surrounding provinces . The See also:

• SOIL

soil consists almost entirely of See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand and See also:

• GRAVEL, or PEBBLE BEDS

gravel, and is covered with See also:

• BLEAK, or BLICK (Alburnus lucidus)

bleak moorland, patches of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, and fen . This is only varied by the See also:

• STRIP

strip of fertile See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay and grass-See also:

• LAND

land which is found along the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, and by the areas of high fen in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastern corner and on the western See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders near See also:

• ASSEN

Assen . The See also:

• SURFACE

surface of the province is a See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle slope from the south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west towards the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, where it terminates in the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge of hills known as the Hondsrug (See also:

• DOG

Dog's Back) extending along the eastern border into Groningen . The See also:

• WATERSHED

watershed of the province runs from east to west across the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the province, along the See also:

• LINE

line of the See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal . The See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern streams are all collected at two points on the southern borders, namely, at See also:

• MEPPEL

Meppel and Koevorden, whence they communicate with the Zwarte See also:

• WATER

Water and the Vecht respectively by means of the Meppeler Diep and the Koevorden canal . The Steenwyker Aa, however, enters the Zuider Zee independently . The See also:

• NORTHERN

northern rivers all flow into Groningen . The piles of See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite rocks some-what in the shape of cromlechs which are found scattered about this province, and especially along the western edge of the Hondsrug, have long been named Hunebedden, from a popular superstition that they were " See also:

• HUNS

Huns' beds." Possibly the word originally meant " beds of the dead," or tombs . Two See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries have for centuries been associated with the barren heaths and sodden See also:

• FENS

fens so usually found together on the sand-grounds, namely, the cultivation of See also:

• BUCKWHEAT

buckwheat and See also:

• PEAT (possibly connected with Med. Lat. petia, pecia, piece, ultimately of Celtic origin; cf. O. Celt. pet, O. Ir. pit, Welsh peth, portion)

peat-digging .

The See also:

• WORK

work is conducted on a See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• SYSTEM

system of fen colonization, the first operation being directed towards the drainage of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . This is effected by means of drainage canals cut at regular intervals and connected by means of See also:

• CROSS

cross ditches . These draining ditches all have their issue in a See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main drainage canal, along which the transport of the peat and peat-See also:

• LITTER (through O. Fr. litere or litiere, mod. litiere from Med. Lat. lectaria, classical lectica, lectus, bed, couch)

litter takes See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place and the houses of the colonists are built . The heathlands when sufficiently drained are prepared for cultivation by being cut into sods and burnt . This system appears to have been practised already at the end of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . After eight years, however, the soil becomes exhausted, and twenty to See also:

• THIRTY

thirty years are required for its refertilization . The cultivation of buckwheat on these grounds has decreased, and large areas which were formerly thus treated now See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste . Potatoes, See also:

• RYE

rye, oats, beans and peas are also largely cultivated . In connexion with the cultivation of potatoes, factories are established for making See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits, See also:

• TREACLE

treacle, See also:

• POTATO
• POTATO (Solanum tuberosum)

potato-See also:

• MEAL

meal, and See also:

• STRAW

straw-See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper . From See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander E . See also:

• AGASSIZ, ALEXANDER EMANUEL (1835-191o)
• AGASSIZ, JEAN LOUIS RODOLPHE (1807-1893)

Agassiz's Three Cruises of the "See also:

• BLAKE, EDWARD (1833– )
• BLAKE, ROBERT (1599-1657)
• BLAKE, WILLIAM (1757-1827)

Blake." By per-See also:

• MISSION

mission of See also:

• HOUGHTON, RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES, 1ST BARON (1809—1885)

Houghton, See also:

• MIFFLIN, THOMAS (1744–1800)

Mifflin & Co . Furthermore, See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture is everywhere accompanied on the sand-grounds by the rearing of See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep and See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, which assist in fertilizing the soil .

Owing to the meagreness of their See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food these animals are usually thin and small, but are quickly restored when placed on richer grounds . The breeding of pigs is also widely practised on the sand-grounds, as well as See also:

• FOREST

forest culture . Of the fen-colonies in Drente the best known are those of Frederiksoord and Veenhuizen . Owing to the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of poverty which prevailed after the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French evacuation in the second See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade of the 19th century, See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention was turned to the means of See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry offered by the unreclaimed See also:

• HEATH
• HEATH, BENJAMIN (1704-1766)
• HEATH, WILLIAM (1737—1814)

heath-lands in the eastern provinces, and in 1818 the Society of Charity (Maatschappij See also:

• VAN

van Weldadigkeid) was formed with See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count van den See also:

• BOSCH (or Boa), JEROM (c. 1460-1518)

Bosch at its See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head . This society began by establishing the See also:

• FREE

free agricultural See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of Frederiksoord, about ro m . N. of Meppel, named after See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick, son of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William I., See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands . An industrious colonist could See also:

• PURCHASE

purchase a small See also:

• FARM

farm on the See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate and make him-self See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent in two years . In addition to this, various industries were set on See also:

• FOOT

foot for the benefit of those who were not capable of See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field work, such as See also:

• MAT (O. Eng. meatt, from late Lat. mattes, whence Ital. mallet, Ger. and Dan. matte, Du. mat, &c.)

mat and rope making, and jute and See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton See also:

• WEAVING

weaving . In later times forest culture was added, and the See also:

• GERARD (c. 1040-1120)
• GERARD (d. I1o8)
• GERARD, ETIENNE MAURICE, COUNT (1773–1852)
• GERARD, FRANCOIS, BARON (1770-1837)
• GERARD, JEAN IGNACE ISIDORE (1803-1847)
• GERARD, JOHN (1545-1612)
• GERARD, or GIRARD, AUDRAN

Gerard Adriaan van Swieten See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools of forestry, agriculture and See also:

• HORTICULTURE
• HORTICULTURE (Lat. hortus, a garden)

horticulture were established by See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major van Sweiten in memory of his son . A Reformed and a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church are also attached to the colony . To this colony the Society of Charity later added the adjoining colonies of Willemsoord and Kolonie VII. in Overysel, and Wilhelminasoord partly in Friesland . The colony of Veenhuizen lies about 7 M .

N.W. of Assen, and was founded by the same society in 1823 . In 1859, however, the Veenhuizen estates were sold to the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government for the purpose of a penal See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment for drunkards and beggars . Owing to its See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical See also:

• ISOLATION

isolation, the development of Drente has remained behind that of every other province in the Nether-lands, and there are few centres of any importance, either agricultural or See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial . Hence the See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and customs of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people have remained peculiarly conservative . Assen is the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• TOWN

town . In the south Meppel and Koevorden absorb, the largest amount of See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade . Hoogeveen, situated between these two, owes its origin to the fen reclamation which was begun here in 1625 by See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron van Echten . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year it was erected into a See also:

• BARONY

barony which lasted till 1795 . The See also:

• ORIGINAL

original industry has long since moved onwards to other parts, but the town remains a prosperous See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market centre, and has a considerable industrial activity . Extensive See also:

• FIR

fir See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods have been laid out in the neighbourhood . Zuidlaren is a picturesque See also:

• VILLAGE

village at the northern end of the Hondsrug, with an important market . The railway from See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam to Groningen traverses Drente; See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch lines connect Meppel with See also:

• LEEUWARDEN

Leeuwarden and Assen with Delfzyl .

See also:

• HISTORY

History.—The See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early history of Drente is obscure . That it was inhabited at a remote date is proved by the prehistoric sepulchral mounds, the Hunebedden already mentioned . In the 5th and 6th centuries the country was overrun by Saxon tribes, and later on was governed by See also:

• COUNTS

counts under the Frankish and See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings . Of these only three are recorded, See also:

• EBERHARD
• EBERHARD, CHRISTIAN AUGUST GOTTLOB (1769-1845)
• EBERHARD, JOHANN AUGUSTUS (1739-1809)

Eberhard (943-944), See also:

• BALDERIC

Balderic (,006) and Temmo (1025) . In Io46 the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry III. gave the countship to the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop and See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter of See also:

• UTRECHT
• UTRECHT, TREATY OF

Utrecht, who governed it through the See also:

• BURGRAVE

burgrave, or See also:

• CHATELAIN (Med. Lat. castellanus, from castellum, a castle)

chatelain, of Koevorden, a dignity which became hereditary after 1143 in the See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• LUDOLF (or LEUTHOLF), HIOB (1624-1704)

Ludolf or Roelof, See also:

• BROTHER

brother of Heribert of Bierum, bishop of Utrecht (1138-1150) . This family became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct in the male line about 1232, and was succeeded by Henry I. of Borculo (1232-I261), who had married the heiress of Roelof III. of Koevorden . In 1395 Reinald IV . (d . 1410) of Borculo-Koevorden was deposed by Bishop Frederick of Utrecht, and the country was henceforth administered by an episcopal See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official (amptman), who was, however, generally a native . With its popularly elected See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly of twenty-four Etten (jurati) Drente remained practically independent . This See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of things continued till 1522, when it was conquered by See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

Duke See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles of See also:

• GELDERLAND (Guelders)
• GELDERLAND, GELDERS

Gelderland, from whom it was taken by the emperor Charles V. in 1536, and became See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• HABSBURG, or HAPSBURG

Habsburg dominions . Drente took part in the revolt of the Netherlands, and being a See also:

• DISTRICT

district covered by waste heath and See also:

• MOOR

moor was, on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of its poverty and sparse See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population, not admitted into the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union as a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate province, and it had no See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice in the assembly of the states-general .

It was subdued by the Spaniards in I 58o, but reconquered by See also:

• MAURICE (1521–1553)
• MAURICE (MAURICIUS FLAVIUS TIBERIUS) (c. 539–602)
• MAURICE [or MAURITIUS], ST (d. c. 286)
• MAURICE, JOHN FREDERICK DENISON (1805-1872)

Maurice of See also:

• NASSAU

Nassau in 1594 . During the years that followed, Drente, though unrepresented in the states-general, retained its See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence and had its own See also:

• STADTHOLDER (Du. stadhouder, a delegate or representative)

stadtholder . William See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis of Nassau-See also:

• SIEGEN

Siegen (d . 1620) held that See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, and it was held later by Maurice, Frederick Henry, William II. and William III., princes of Orange . At the general assembly of 1651 Drente put forward its claim to See also:

• ADMISSION

admission as a province, but was not admitted . After the deaths of William II . (1650) and of William III . (1702) Drente remained for a See also:

• TERM

term of years without a stadtholder, but in 1722 William Charles Henry of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Nassau-Siegen, who, through the extinction of the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder line, had become prince of Orange, was elected stadtholder . His descendants held that office, which was declared hereditary, until the French See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest in 1795 . In the following year Drente at length obtained the See also:

• PRIVILEGE

privilege, which it had long sought, of being reckoned as an eighth province with See also:

• REPRESENTATION

representation in the states-general . Between 1806 and 1813 Drente, with the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the Netherlands, was incorporated in the French See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, and, with part of Groningen, formed the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• EMS

Ems Occidental . With the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of William I. as king of the Netherlands it was restored to its old position as a province of the new See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom .