Union of states in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Seventeen Provinces were a personal union of states in the Low Countries in the 15th century and 16th century. The lands were about the same as the current Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, a good part of the North of France (Artois, French Flanders), and a small part of Western Germany.
Zeventien Provinciën Diecisiete Provincias Siebzehn Provinzen Dix-sept Provinces The Seventeen Provinces | |||||||||||
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1482–1581 | |||||||||||
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Status | States of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
Capital | Brussels | ||||||||||
Common languages | Dutch, Low Saxon, Frisian, Walloon, Luxembourgish, French | ||||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholic (official) After 1530s Protestantism and Anabaptism (inside northern areas, minority, unofficial) | ||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Established | 1482 | ||||||||||
• Joined Burgundian Circle | 1512 | ||||||||||
• Dutch declaration of independence | July 26 1581 | ||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | NL | ||||||||||
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The Seventeen Provinces were first held by the Dukes of Burgundy of the House of Valois. Later they were held by the Habsburgs. From 1512 the Provinces formed the major part of the Burgundian Circle.
The map matches to the following provinces:
It was not always the same Seventeen Provinces.
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