Editing Friesland (section)

===Modern times===
[[File:Gemme van Burmania voor Philips II.jpg|thumb|The Frisian representative refusing to kneel before [[Philip II of Spain|Philip II]] at his coronation]]

[[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], the Holy Roman Emperor, became the first lord of the [[Lordship of Frisia]]. He appointed [[Georg Schenck van Toutenburg]], who had crushed the peasants' revolt, as [[Stadtholder]] to rule over the province in his stead. When Charles abdicated in 1556, Frisia was inherited by [[Philip II of Spain]] along with the rest of the Netherlands. In 1566, Frisia joined the [[Dutch Revolt]] against Spanish rule.

In 1577, [[George de Lalaing, Count of Rennenberg]] was appointed Stadtholder of Frisia and other provinces. A moderate, trusted by both sides, he tried to reconcile the rebels with the Crown. But in 1580, Rennenburg declared for Spain. The [[States of Friesland|States of Frisia]] raised troops and took his strongholds of Leeuwarden, Harlingen and Stavoren. Rennenburg was deposed and Frisia became the fifth Lordship to join the rebels' [[Union of Utrecht]]. From 1580 onward, all stadtholders were members of the [[House of Orange-Nassau]]. With the [[Peace of Münster]] in 1648, Frisia became a full member of the independent [[Dutch Republic]], a federation of provincies. In economic and therefore also political importance, Friesland was next in rank to the provinces of [[Holland]] and [[Zeeland]].

In 1798, three years after the [[Batavian Revolution]], the provincial lordship of Frisia was abolished and its territory was divided between the Eems and Oude IJssel departments. This was short-lived, however, as Frisia was revived as a department in 1802. When the Netherlands were annexed by the [[First French Empire]] in 1810, the department was in French renamed [[Frise (department)|Frise]]. After [[Napoleon]] was defeated in 1813 and a new constitution was introduced in 1814, Friesland became a province of the [[Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands]], then of the unitary [[United Kingdom of the Netherlands|Kingdom of the Netherlands]] a year later.