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==Lord of the manor (''heer'')==
[[Image:Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer-Obdam door George de Marees 1697-1776.jpg|thumb|[[Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer]]-Obdam as painted by George de Marees]]
The central figure was the lord of the ''heerlijkheid'' and effectively its owner—the [[lord of the manor|manorial lord]] or [[lady]]. In Dutch, the lord was called ''heer'' and the lady ''vrouw(e)''. The lord was also referred to by the Latin word ''[[dominus (title)|dominus]]''. A rarer English alternative is ''[[fiefdom|seigneur]]''.<ref name="Schama PL">{{Cite book|author=Simon Schama|title=Patriots & Liberators}} pp. 75-77, 212, 222, 429, 470-472</ref> There were different kinds of lord and lady:
* '''''vrijheer''''' and '''''vrijvrouwe''''' (literally, ‘free lord’ and ‘free lady’) — allodial lord or allodiary, tenant of an allodial lordship.
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