Union of states in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries
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Seventeen Provinces
Zeventien Provinciën(Dutch)
1549–1581
Cross of Burgundy
Coat of arms
Map of the Seventeen Provinces, 1581 secession outlined in red
Status
Personal union of Imperial fiefs
Capital
Brussels
Common languages
Dutch
Low Saxon
Frisian
Walloon
Luxembourgish
French
Religion
Roman Catholic (official)
Protestant
Government
Monarchy
Historical era
Early modern period
• Pragmatic Sanction of 1549
1549
• Dutch Act of Abjuration
1581
ISO 3166 code
NL
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Habsburg Netherlands
Dutch Republic
Spanish Netherlands
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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