Netherlands States-General
The Staten-Generaal (States-General) is the parliament of the Netherlands. It consists of two chambers, the most important of which is the Tweede Kamer (the Second Chamber or Lower House). The Eerste Kamer (the First Chamber or Upper House) is also known as the Senate. The meeting rooms of the Staten-Generaal are located at the Binnenhof (Inner Court).
Historically the convocation of the States-General (Staten Generaal), consisted of delegates from the provincial estates, and dated from about the middle of the 15th century, under the rule of the dukes of Burgundy. The name was transferred, after the separation of the northern Netherlands from the Spanish dominions, to the representatives elected by the seven sovereign provincial estates for the general government of the United Provinces. The States-General, in which the voting was by provinces - each province having one vote - was established from 1593 at the Hague.
The States-General in this form came to an end after the revolution in 1795, with the proclamation of the Batavian Republic and the subsequent convocation of the National Assembly (March 1, 1796). The title of Staten-Generaal, however, continued in the title of subsequent Netherlands parliaments.
Original text from 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica
Referenced By
1576 | 1602 | 1602 in science | 1648 | 8 November | 8th November | Anne, Princess of Orange | Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle | Capital of Holland | Capital of the Netherlands | Capitals of Holland | Capitals of the Netherlands | Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend | Count of Holland | Dutc | Dutch Republic | Dutch inhabitants | Estates-General | Estates General | Flag of the Netherlands | General Estates | Grotius | Hugo Grotius | Hugo de Groot | Huig de Groot | ISO 3166-1:NL | Joseph Justus Scaliger | Joseph Scaliger | Juliana of the Netherlands | List of Netherlands-related topics | Maastricht | Marnix van St. Aldegonde | Neatherlands | Netherlands | November 8 | November 8th | Philips van Marnix, heer van St Aldegonde | Prince Bernard of the Netherlands | Prince Bernhard | Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands | Princess Irene of the Netherlands | Princess Juliana | Princess Juliana of the Netherlands | Queen Juliana of the Netherlands | Queen Wilhelmina | Republic of the Seven United Netherlands | Republic of the Seven United Provinces | Richmond County, New York | Staten Island, Argentina | Staten Island, New York | Staten Islander | States-General | States General | Synod of Dordt | Synod of Dort | The Netherlands | United Dutch Provinces | United Provinces | United Provinces of the Netherlands | Wilhelmina | Wilhelmina of the Netherlands | Willem III of the Netherlands | Willem II of Orange | Willem IV of Nassau | Willem I of the Netherlands | William II, Prince of Orange | William III of the Netherlands | William II of Orange | William IV of Orange | William I of the Netherlands
|
