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Seventeen Provinces
Zeventien Provinciën (Dutch)
1549–1581
Flag of Netherlands
Cross of Burgundy
Coat of arms of Netherlands
Coat of arms
Map of the Seventeen Provinces, 1581 secession outlined in red
Map of the Seventeen Provinces, 1581 secession outlined in red
StatusPersonal union of Imperial fiefs
CapitalBrussels
Common languages
  • Dutch
  • Low Saxon
  • Frisian
  • Walloon
  • Luxembourgish
  • French
Religion
  • Roman Catholic (official)
  • Protestant
GovernmentMonarchy
Historical eraEarly modern period
• Pragmatic Sanction of 1549
1549
• Dutch Act of Abjuration
1581
ISO 3166 codeNL
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Seventeen Provinces Habsburg Netherlands
Dutch Republic Seventeen Provinces
Spanish Netherlands Seventeen Provinces

The Seventeen Provinces were the Imperial states of the Habsburg Netherlands in the 16th century. They roughly covered the Low Countries, i.e., what is now the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and most of the French departments of Nord (French Flanders and French Hainaut) and Pas-de-Calais (Artois). Also within this area were semi-independent fiefdoms, mainly ecclesiastical ones, such as Liège, Cambrai and Stavelot-Malmedy.

The Seventeen Provinces arose from the Burgundian Netherlands, a number of fiefs held by the House of Valois-Burgundy and inherited by the House of Habsburg in 1482, and held by Habsburg Spain from 1556. Starting in 1512, the Provinces formed the major part of the Burgundian Circle. In 1581, the Seven United Provinces seceded to form the Dutch Republic.

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also called the Seventeen Provinces up to 1581. Even after the political secession of the autonomous Dutch Republic (or "United Provinces") in the north...

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seventeen provinces under his rule, the last one being the Duchy of Guelders in 1543. The Burgundian treaty of 1548 shifted the seventeen provinces from...

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Spanish Netherlands

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Valois-Burgundy upon the death of Mary of Burgundy in 1482. The Seventeen Provinces formed the core of the Habsburg Netherlands which passed to the Spanish...

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almost all the Belgian states became part of larger entities (the Seventeen Provinces (1549–1581) and the Southern Netherlands (after 1581)). Prominent...

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Stadtholder

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maintaining peace and order, in the early Dutch Republic. As multiple provinces appointed the same stadtholder, the stadtholder of the powerful province...

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Guelders to the Emperor. Emperor Charles V united Guelders with the Seventeen Provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands by the Pragmatic Sanction of 1549, and...

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Iberian Union

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considerable time. Brazil was partially conquered by both France and the Seventeen Provinces. In the 17th century, taking advantage of this period of Portuguese...

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Flanders

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influence. In 1500, Charles V was born in Ghent. He inherited the Seventeen Provinces (1506), Spain (1516) with its colonies and in 1519 was elected Holy...

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List of grand pensionaries

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Holland

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part of the Burgundian Netherlands and since 1477 of the Habsburg Seventeen Provinces. In the 16th century the county became the most densely urbanised...

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Netherlands

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Philip II of Spain

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was also Duke of Milan from 1540. From 1555, he was Lord of the Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands. The son of Emperor Charles V and Isabella of...

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the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and an elected governor. The provinces are grouped into seventeen regions based on geographical, cultural, and ethnological...

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Dutch Republic Lion

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noble houses (see Armorial of the Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands (fr)) and in the arms of other provinces: Arms of the Dukes of Gelderland showing...

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County of Zeeland

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History of the Netherlands

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of Tournai, Artois, Utrecht, Groningen and Guelders to create the Seventeen Provinces. The towns of the region had already been unified by Charles's Burgundian...

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Duchy of Limburg

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(including Dalhem, Valkenburg, and 's-Hertogenrade), to be one of the Seventeen Provinces of the Burgundian Netherlands. Unlike other parts of this province...

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Philips van der Aa

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Philips van der Aa (died after 1586) was a politician in the Seventeen Provinces and a statesman of the Dutch Republic during its struggle for independence...

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Pragmatic Sanction of 1549

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promulgated by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, reorganising the Seventeen Provinces of the present-day Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg into one...

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