stadtholder

Perhaps in his heart he knew that the Stadtholder was right.

The Stadtholder then gave a sign to the two men.

He became a page at the court of the Stadtholder as a boy.

In this number was the governor (since 1448 the stadtholder) included.

In practice they usually became stadtholder of the other provinces as well.

As in a dream, she listened to the Stadtholder's words.

The Stadtholder arrived in the course of the morning.

A stadtholder was thus more powerful than a mere governor, who had only limited authority.

I hate the Stadtholder and would see him dead.

A minute later the Stadtholder was in the hall.

After William's father's death, most provinces had left the office of stadtholder vacant.

Legal powers of the stadtholder were thus rather limited, and by law he was a mere official.

It would be so immeasurably horrible to fall into the Stadtholder's hands.

He drew his weapon and fired three shots at the stadtholder.

"The Stadtholder will explain," was all that he said.

A sudden jerk brought the Stadtholder's horse to a halt.

On the other hand, here was a man, thus his lordship argued to himself, who might know something of the Stadtholder's plans.

The Stadtholder was about to fall into a trap which was easy enough to set.

March 1624 and a lot has happened since the plot on the life of the Stadtholder was foiled two months earlier.

In times of war, the stadtholder, who commanded the army, would have more power than the raadspensionaris.

"The Stadtholder left his camp the same day as I did.

The brides-elect sat one on each side of the Stadtholder; a strange contrast, in truth.

"There are more arbitrary things than death, my friend," the Stadtholder mused.

The Stadtholder was sitting beside the table, his head resting on his hand.

What if the varlet had been initiated in the Stadtholder's projects?