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The Generality Lands, Lands of the Generality or Common Lands (Dutch: Generaliteitslanden) were about one fifth of the territories of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, that were directly governed by the States-General. Unlike the seven provinces of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, Overijssel, Friesland and Groningen, these territories had no States-Provincial and were not represented in the central government. At the time of the Union of Utrecht, these territories were under Spanish control, and would only be conquered by the Dutch Republic later in the war. From an economic point of view, they were exploited with heavy taxes and levies. As one author puts it:
"Back in the Dutch lap, these so-called Generality lands were for a long time governed as a sort of internal colonies, in which Catholics were seen as second-class citizens."[1]
^Josse de Voogd, Zicht op verschil. Een verkenning naar stemgedrag en ruimte in Nederland, Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties in samenwerking met Telos, Brabants centrum voor duurzame ontwikkeling, oktober 2017
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own governments and were very independent, and a number of so-called GeneralityLands. These latter were governed directly by the States-General (Staten-Generaal...
the Peace of Westphalia, and given the peculiar inferior status of GeneralityLands (jointly ruled by the United Republic, not admitted as member provinces):...
member provinces, which was ruled directly by the States General as GeneralityLands. Each province was led by an official known as the stadtholder (Dutch...
Westphalia ceded present-day North Brabant (Dutch: Noord-Brabant) to the GeneralityLands of the Dutch Republic, while the reduced duchy remained part of the...
Present-day North Brabant (Staats-Brabant) was adjudicated to the GeneralityLands of the Dutch Republic according to the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, while...
during the Eighty Years' War, the Republic came to occupy a number of GeneralityLands located in Flanders, Brabant and Limburg. These areas were primarily...
governed by the United Provinces during the 17th and 18th centuries (see GeneralityLands). Today, the title of duke or duchess of Brabant designates, since...
especially in the southern provinces of Limburg and North Brabant (former GeneralityLands). In 1908, Queen Wilhelmina assigned the Marechaussee the task of guarding...
Protestant religion on the Catholic inhabitants of the recently acquired GeneralityLands (though his father had been far more tolerant of Catholic freedom of...
provinces of Utrecht, Gelderland and Overijssel as conquered territory (GeneralityLands), as punishment for their quick surrender to the enemy. William refused...
German Confederation Limburg of the States (1633–1685), one of the GeneralityLands, a dependent territory of the United Provinces of the Netherlands Limbourg...
were considered to be "conquered lands" and were governed directly by the States General, hence their name GeneralityLands. They were called Staats-Brabant...
conquered by the United Provinces, hence called Staats-Vlaanderen (see: GeneralityLands). After the French occupation (see département Bouches-de-l'Escaut)...
of Limburg, Brabant, and Flanders during the Eighty Years' War (see GeneralityLands), which ended with the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. Artois and parts...
the Peace of Westphalia, and given the peculiar, inferior status of GeneralityLands (jointly ruled by the United Republic, not admitted as member provinces):...
ruled directly by the Dutch States General (parliament) as one of the GeneralityLands and called Flanders of the States (Staats-Vlaanderen). After occupation...
the reform of the confederal state, with its discrimination of the GeneralityLands, and of particular minorities (Catholics, Jews), in the direction of...
between France and the Rhine lay the Spanish Netherlands and the Dutch GeneralityLands. The Dutch felt threatened by the French ambitions. According to the...
the new Republic's territory, known as the GeneralityLands, was so under the direct rule of the Generality (generaliteit).: 297–300 The Dutch East India...
the modern province of Zeeland, which from 1581 formed part of the GeneralityLands under control of the Dutch Republic. The arms of the County of Flanders...
Brabant and Flanders during and after the Eighty Years' War (see: GeneralityLands), which ended with the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. Artois, and parts...
gaining a provincial statute for Drenthe, previously only one of the GeneralityLands. On 27 January 1796 he was elected deputy for Meppel in the first national...
and Culemborg (1748) Viscount of Antwerp Baron of Breda , Cranendonck , Lands of Cuijk , Eindhoven , City of Grave , Lek , IJsselstein , Acquoy , Diest...
itself, mostly the taxes it raised in the GeneralityLands. As these troops became a severe burden to the "Generality," they were generally the first to be...
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