twelve provinces (Dutch: provincies [proːˈvɪnsis] or provinciën [proːˈvɪnsijə(n)] ; sing. provincie [ˌproːˈvɪnsi] ) of the Netherlands representing the administrative...
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The United Provinces of the Netherlands, commonly referred to in historiography as the Dutch Republic, was a confederation that existed from 1579 until...
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This list contains all twelve official flags of the provinces of the Netherlands, including the pennons. Provincial flags tend to have a long historical...
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The States General of the Netherlands (Dutch: Staten-Generaal [ˈstaːtə(ŋ) ɣeːnəˈraːl] ) is the supreme bicameral legislature of the Netherlands consisting...
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The history of the Netherlands extends back before the founding of the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon. For thousands...
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known as the Spanish Netherlands from that time on. In 1581, in the midst of the Dutch Revolt, the Seven United Provinces seceded from the rest of this territory...
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but were renamed into provinces and the historical names returned. At the time of the independence of Belgium from the Netherlands in 1830, Belgium's territory...
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in the south of a group of around ten provinces which Philip II and then his successors managed to preserve under the name of Spanish Netherlands. In...
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The Association of Provinces of the Netherlands (Dutch: Interprovinciaal Overleg; IPO) is the association of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. The...
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The national flag of the Netherlands (Dutch: de Nederlandse vlag) is a horizontal tricolour of red, white, and blue. The current design originates as a...
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This is a list of Dutch provinces by Human Development Index as of 2022. "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Table - Global Data Lab". globaldatalab...
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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...
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Eighty Years' War (redirect from Spanish occupation of the Netherlands)
all provinces of the Netherlands. William "the Silent" of Orange became the de facto political leader of the United Provinces, while Matthias of Austria...
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all provinces of the thus "crowned" Dutch Republic. The Kingdom of the Netherlands (not to be confused with the constituent country of the Netherlands) has...
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Limburg, is the southernmost of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. It is bordered by Gelderland to the north and by North Brabant to the west. Its...
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abolished – but the office nevertheless continued in these provinces who now united themselves into the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. All stadtholders...
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William II, Prince of Orange (1626–1650), stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 1647 William IV, Prince of Orange (1711–1751),...
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arms of the Netherlands Coat of arms of Sint Maarten The coats of arms of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands are shown here: Coat of arms of Drenthe...
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Netherlands Administrative divisions of the Netherlands Provinces of the Netherlands Municipalities of the Netherlands Provinces of the Netherlands Municipalities...
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successively the capital of the Duchy of Brabant, the Seventeen Provinces, the Southern Netherlands, the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, Belgium, the Flemish...
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Municipalities of the Netherlands Provinces of the Netherlands Netherlands portal Cities portal Europe portal Maps of the Netherlands on World-Gazetteer...
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Spanish: Flandes, the name "Flanders" was used as a pars pro toto) was the Habsburg Netherlands ruled by the Spanish branch of the Habsburgs from 1556...
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Holland (redirect from Countship of Holland)
Philip the Good, in 1432. In 1432, Holland became part of the Burgundian Netherlands and since 1477 of the Habsburg Seventeen Provinces. In the 16th century...
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The United Kingdom of the Netherlands is the unofficial name given to the Kingdom of the Netherlands as it existed from 1815 to 1839. The United Netherlands...
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Zeeland (redirect from Zealand (The Netherlands))
part of The Netherlands. In 1432, it became part of the Low Countries possessions of Philip the Good of Burgundy, the later Seventeen Provinces. Through...
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Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands and parts of Northern France. Both Belgium and the Netherlands derived their names from earlier names for the region, due...
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of the provinces of the Netherlands from their allegiance to Philip II of Spain, during the Dutch Revolt. Signed on 26 July 1581, in The Hague, the Act...
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Look up united provinces in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. United Provinces may refer to: United Provinces of the Netherlands (1581–1795), confederal...
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countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east and Belgium to the south, with...
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Seven Provinces may refer to Septem Provinciae, an ancient Roman province Dutch Republic, the Seven United Provinces of the Netherlands Seven Sealands...
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