Context: In theory, the stadtholders were freely appointed by and subordinate to the states of each province. However, in practice the princes of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau, beginning with William the Silent, were always chosen as stadtholders of most of the provinces. Zeeland and usually Utrecht had the same stadtholder as Holland.

Question: Who appointed the stadtholders?
Answer: the states of each province

Question: Who were always chosen as stadtholders of most of the provinces?
Answer: the princes of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau, beginning with William the Silent

Question: Which states had the same stadtholder as Holland?
Answer: Zeeland and usually Utrecht

Question: What are two things that define the princes in theory?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who appointed the princes of Orange?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who had the same princes as Holland?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who was subordinate to Zeeland and Utrecht?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What were Zeeland and Utrecht always chosen as?
Answer: Unanswerable