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Encyclopedia > Netherlands (disambiguation)


The Netherlands have been the name of different political and geographical entities in northwestern Europe.

  • The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland), the current Kingdom of the Netherlands.
  • The Seven United Netherlands, also known as the United Provinces. A predecessor of the current country. It existed from 1581 to 1795.
  • The Seventeen Netherlands, fiefs of the Holy Roman Empire and France. United by Charles V of Spain. The Seventeen Netherlands roughly correspond with present day Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and parts of Northern France.
  • The Southern Netherlands. The name of the territory roughly corresponding present day Belgium from the independence of the Seven Netherlands to the French Revolution. Also called Spanish Netherlands (1579-1713) or Austrian Netherlands (1713-1794).

See also

Low Countries

 

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