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* [[Antwerp#16th century|The Burgraviate of Antwerp]] (in present-day Belgium): this was a title that was inherited from the [[Margraviate of Antwerp]] by the Counts of Nassau, lords of Breda, who later inherited the title of [[Prince of Orange]] (see [[House of Orange-Nassau]] and [[Prince of Orange]]). The most famous holder was [[William the Silent]], who used his influence over the city to control its government and use it a base of the Dutch Revolt. His predecessors in his family were Engelbrect, Henry and Rene. Subsequently in the [[Low countries]], the rank of ''burggraaf'' evolved into the nobiliary synonymous with [[Viscount]].<ref name="Motley1">{{cite book |title=The Rise of the Dutch Republic, vol. 2|first=John Lothrop|last =Motley|publisher=Harper & Brothers|year=1855|page=37}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=A Short History of the Netherlands (Holland and Belgium)|first=Andrew|last =Young|publisher=T. F. Unwin|location= Netherlands|year=1886 |page=315|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Kg8AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA315&lpg=PA315&dq=%22viscount+of+antwerp%22&source=bl&ots=qNIOq6B_J0&sig=_TzfGSw3lCl2JCWvsL69VGs2y68&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qm-nUc2IFfS34AOi1oDACg&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22viscount%20of%20antwerp%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=William the Silent, Prince of Orange: the moderate man of the sixteenth century : the story of his life as told from his own letters, from those of his friends and enemies and from official documents, Volume 1|first=Ruth|last =Putnam|publisher=Putnam|year=1895 |page=211|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HfRIEYmanr8C&pg=PA211&lpg=PA211&dq=%22viscount+of+antwerp%22&source=bl&ots=aZYgHlkxxA&sig=FUp-Lw6UYZPZmFgVstTElZlZsNo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qm-nUc2IFfS34AOi1oDACg&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22viscount%20of%20antwerp%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Dutch Revolt |first=Geoffrey|last =Parker|publisher=Penguin|year=2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Princes of Orange: The Stadholders in the Dutch Republic|first=Herbert H. |last = Rowen|publisher=Cambridge Univ. Press|year=1990}}</ref> The title "Viscount of Antwerp" is still claimed by the reigning [[Monarchy of the Netherlands|monarch of the Netherlands]] as one of the subsidiary titles.<ref>{{cite web| last = Koninklijkhuis| title = Frequently asked questions re King William-Alexander| publisher = Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst (RVD)| year = 2013| url = http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/globale-paginas/taalrubrieken/english/frequently-asked-questions/| format = web| accessdate = 2013-05-30 | quote = " The King's full official titles are King of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg, Count of Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Spiegelberg, Buren, Leerdam and Culemborg, Marquis of Veere and Vlissingen, Baron of Breda, Diest, Beilstein, the town of Grave and the lands of Cuyk, IJsselstein, Cranendonk, Eindhoven and Liesveld, Hereditary Lord and Seigneur of Ameland, Lord of Borculo, Bredevoort, Lichtenvoorde, 't Loo, Geertruidenberg, Klundert, Zevenbergen, Hoge and Lage Zwaluwe, Naaldwijk, Polanen, St Maartensdijk, Soest, Baarn and Ter Eem, Willemstad, Steenbergen, Montfort, St Vith, Bütgenbach and Dasburg, Viscount of Antwerp."| deadurl = yes| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130621044856/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/globale-paginas/taalrubrieken/english/frequently-asked-questions| archivedate = 2013-06-21| df = }}</ref>