All were transplanted to New Netherland, and there existed and flourished until its capture by the lingiish in 1(5(54. Nine years later when the Dutch re-conquered it, all were re-introduced, a Dutch Governor re-appointed, and New Netherland replaced in its original position, except as to the names of its three largest towns which were changed. New York, as the English had called it, was rc-named "New Orange," Albany was re-named " Willemstadt," and Kingston " Swanenburgh," instead of New Amsterdam, Bevcrswyck, and Wiltwyck, their original a))i)cllations.

The Province of Holland the largest of the seven United Provinces formed at an early period a portion of the Kingdom of the West Franks, and about the year 922 was conferred by Charles the Simi)le upon Count Dirk, who thus became the first "Count of Holland." In 92.) Charles ceded it to Henry the Fowler, King of the East Franks, with the rest of the Kingdom of Lotharingia, the Count of Holland still being its own local sovereign. The succe.'sive Counts

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of Holland ruled over their little province, to which in the course of time they added the adjoining province of Zeeland, for four hundred year^ of unbroken male descent when their race died out, and the Countship passed into the hands of the Counts of Hainault. From them it devolved upon the Dukes of Bavaria, the last representative of which house was dispossessed by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, who held the rest of the Netherlands under his rule. By the marriage of his daughter, Mary of Burgundy, with the Archduke Maximilian of Austria, the entire Netherlands passed from the House of Burgundy to the Imperial House of Austria. In 1496, Philip the Fair married Joanna, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Castile and Arragon, and the Netherlands, through this marriage came under the dominion of the Kings of Spain.