County of Zutphen

County of Zutphen Graafschap Zutphen (Dutch) Comitatus Zutphaniae (Latin)
1046–1581
Coat of arms
County of Zutphen, about 1350
Status	Personal Union with County of Guelders (1138–1339) and Duchy of Guelders (1339–1581)
Capital	Zutphen
Government	Feudal monarchy
Historical era	Middle Ages, Renaissance
• Established	1046
• Disestablished	1581
Preceded by Succeeded by Hamaland Burgundian Netherlands

History of the Low Countries
Frisii			Belgae
	Cana– nefates	Chamavi, Tubantes		Gallia Belgica (55 BC–c. 5th AD) Germania Inferior (83–c. 5th)
		Salian Franks		Batavi
unpopulated (4th–c. 5th)		Saxons	Salian Franks (4th–c. 5th)
Frisian Kingdom (c. 6th–734)			Frankish Kingdom (481–843)—Carolingian Empire (800–843)
		Austrasia (511–687)
Middle Francia (843–855)					West Francia (843–)
Kingdom of Lotharingia (855– 959) Duchy of Lower Lorraine (959–)
Frisia
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	Burgundian Netherlands (1384–1482)
	Habsburg Netherlands (1482–1795) (Seventeen Provinces after 1543)
File:Statenvlag.svg Dutch Republic (1581–1795)				Spanish Netherlands (1556–1714)
				File:Austrian Low Countries Flag.svg Austrian Netherlands (1714–1795)
				File:Flag of the Brabantine Revolution.svg United States of Belgium (1790)			File:LuikVlag.svg R. Liège (1789–'91)
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File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Princip. of the Netherlands (1813–1815)
Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1830)								File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Gr D. L. (1815–)
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kingdom of the Netherlands (1839–)				File:Flag of Belgium.svg Kingdom of Belgium (1830–)
								File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Gr D. of Luxem- bourg (1890–)

The County of Zutphen, located in modern-day Gelderland, a province of the Netherlands, was formed in the eleventh century as a fief of the Bishop of Utrecht. It was ruled by the Counts of Zutphen between 1046 and 1138, and then formed a personal union with Guelders. Later, it became one of the 4 quarters of Guelders. After the Act of Abjuration, the three Dutch quarters merged their representation in the Staten of Guelders and Zutphen with a joint delegation to the States General of the Netherlands, effectively ending Zutphen individuality. The name Graafschap (county) is still used for the Achterhoek, the region east of Zutphen, and for the football club De Graafschap from this region.

Cities

City	Town privileges granted	District
Borculo	1375	Heerlijkheid Borculo
Bredevoort	1388	Heerlijkheid Bredevoort
Bronkhorst	1482	Landdrostambt van Zutphen
Doetinchem	1236	Landdrostambt van Zutphen
Doesburg	1237	Richterambt van Doesburg
Groenlo	1277	Gebied van Grol
's-Heerenberg	1379	Bannerij van 's-Heerenberg
Keppel	1404	Landdrostambt van Zutphen
Lichtenvoorde	unknown	Heerlijkheid Lichtenvoorde
Lochem	1233	Scholtambt van Lochem
Terborg	1419	Bannerij van Wisch
Zutphen	1190	Scholtambt van Zutphen

• Zevenaar and some of its surroundings were, as being a part of the former Cleves Enclaves, a small district in the Duchy of Cleves.