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Encyclopedia > Counties of the Netherlands

In the Netherlands there were the following counties: Originally, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count (in Great Britain, an earl, though the original earldoms covered larger areas) by reason of that office. ...

The Counts of Holland ruled over the county of Holland in the Low Countries between the 10th and the 16th century. ...

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