This article needs additional citations for verification. (December 2023) |
County of Hamaland Graafschap Hamaland (nl) | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9th century–11th century | |||||||||||
![]() The County of Hamaland | |||||||||||
Status | Vassal of Carolingian Empire | ||||||||||
Capital | Zutphen e.a. | ||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Established | 9th century | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 11th century | ||||||||||
|
Hamaland (also Hameland) was a medieval Carolingian vassal county in the east of the modern-day Netherlands. Its name originated from the former Chamavi inhabitants[1] that merged into the newly formed confederation of Franks. It is located east of the river IJssel and south of Salland (the original homeland of the Frankish Salii) and Twente (the original homeland of the Germanic Tuihanti). Hamaland and the Chamavi had since late antiquity been ruled by independent kings, before being subdued by the Carolingian Franks.