Habsburg Netherlands

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former monarchy territory historical polity territory

The Habsburg Netherlands were a collection of Low Countries provinces under Habsburg rule that formed a major political and economic center in early modern Europe before the rise of the Dutch Republic.

Aliases (12)

Spanish Netherlands ×72
Austrian Netherlands ×16
Habsburg rule in the Low Countries ×2
Low Countries under Habsburg rule ×2
Austrian Netherlands (Habsburg-controlled) ×1
Burgundian states ×1
Habsburg Seventeen Provinces ×1
Habsburg territories in the Low Countries ×1
Habsburg–Dutch relations ×1
Low Countries under Spanish rule ×1
Spanish territories in the Low Countries ×1
court of the Spanish Netherlands ×1

Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former monarchy territory → historical polity → territory →
capital	Brussels → Mechelen →
continent	Europe →
country	Holy Roman Empire →
currency	gulden → karolusgulden → stuiver →
economicRole	important center of textile production → major commercial center of early modern Europe → major hub of Atlantic and Baltic trade →
endPointInTime	1581 → late 16th century →
followedBy	Austrian Netherlands → Dutch Republic → Prince-Bishopric of Liège (as independent neighbor) → Spanish Netherlands →
governmentType	composite monarchy → personal union under Habsburg ruler →
hadInstitution	Council of State of the Netherlands → Great Council of Mechelen → States General of the Netherlands →
historicalRegion	Netherlands →
includedTerritory	County of Artois → County of Flanders → County of Hainaut → County of Holland → County of Namur → County of Zeeland → Duchy of Brabant → Duchy of Guelders → Duchy of Luxembourg → Friesland → Groningen → Mechelen → Overijssel → Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht (secularized parts) →
languageUsed	Dutch → French → Latin →
locatedIn	Benelux region → Low Countries → Southern Netherlands →
notableRuler	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor → Duke of Alba (governor-general) → Margaret of Parma (governor) → Mary of Hungary (governor) → Philip II of Spain →
partOf	Austrian Monarchy → Habsburg Monarchy → Spanish Empire →
predecessor	Burgundian Netherlands →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
ruledBy	Austrian Habsburgs → House of Habsburg → Spanish Habsburgs →
significantEvent	Act of Abjuration → Eighty Years War → Iconoclastic Fury of 1566 → Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 → Union of Arras → Union of Utrecht → abdication of Charles V → reign of Philip II of Spain →
startPointInTime	1480s → 1482 →
todayPartOf	Belgium → France → Germany → Luxembourg → Netherlands →

Referenced by (199)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Nieuwpoort ("Spanish Netherlands") → Bishopric of Ypres → Bishopric of Ypres ("Spanish Netherlands") → Council of Troubles → Governor-General of the Habsburg Netherlands → Great Council of Mechelen → Iconoclastic Fury ("Spanish Netherlands") → Iconoclastic Fury of 1566 → Lord of the Netherlands → Lord of the Seventeen Provinces → Lordship of Friesland → Lordship of Groningen → Lordship of Mechelen → Lordship of Overijssel → Lordship of Utrecht → Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 → States General of the Habsburg Netherlands → Union of Arras → Union of Brussels → Union of Utrecht → siege and capture of Maastricht (1579) → siege and capture of Tournai (1581) ("Spanish Netherlands") →	country
Battle of Fleurus (1690) ("Spanish Netherlands") → Battle of Fleurus (1794) ("Austrian Netherlands") → Battle of Jemappes ("Austrian Netherlands") → Battle of Landen (Neerwinden) (1693) ("Spanish Netherlands") → Battle of Malplaquet ("Spanish Netherlands") → Battle of Oudenarde ("Spanish Netherlands") → Battle of Steinkirk (1692) ("Spanish Netherlands") → Franco-Dutch War ("Spanish Netherlands") → Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) ("Spanish Netherlands") → Siege of Douai (1667) ("Spanish Netherlands") → Siege of Leiden → Siege of Lille (1667) ("Spanish Netherlands") → Siege of Namur (1692) ("Spanish Netherlands") → Siege of Tournai (1667) ("Spanish Netherlands") → Siege of Tournai (1709) ("Spanish Netherlands") → Twelve Years' Truce ("Spanish Netherlands") → War of the Reunions ("Spanish Netherlands") → War of the Spanish Succession ("Spanish Netherlands") → siege and capture of Antwerp (1585) → siege of Maastricht (1632) ("Spanish Netherlands") →	location
County of Holland → Duchy of Brabant → Duchy of Brabant ("Spanish Netherlands") → Duchy of Brabant ("Austrian Netherlands") → Duchy of Guelders → Duchy of Limburg → Duchy of Limburg ("Spanish Netherlands") → Duchy of Limburg ("Austrian Netherlands") → Lord of the Seventeen Provinces → Lordship of Friesland → Lordship of Groningen → Lordship of Mechelen → Lordship of Utrecht → Low Countries → Northern Netherlands → Seventeen Provinces →	partOf
Battle of Fontenoy ("Austrian Netherlands") → Battle of Malplaquet ("Spanish Netherlands") → Battle of Oudenarde ("Spanish Netherlands") → Battle of Ramillies ("Spanish Netherlands") → Battle of Seneffe ("Spanish Netherlands") → Battle of Steinkirk (1692) ("Spanish Netherlands") → Pacification of Ghent → Siege of Groningen (1594) ("Spanish Netherlands") → Siege of Ostend → Siege of Tournai (1667) ("Spanish Netherlands") → Siege of Tournai (1709) ("Spanish Netherlands") →	countryAtTime
Anna van Egmond → Anthony van Dyck ("Spanish Netherlands") → Gerardus Mercator → Guido de Brès → Mary of Hungary → Menno Simons → Philip William, Prince of Orange → Pope Adrian VI → René of Chalon → Willem van Nassau → William I of Orange →	countryOfCitizenship
Council of Troubles → Council of War ("Low Countries under Spanish rule") → Governor-General of the Habsburg Netherlands ("Spanish Netherlands") → Great Council of Mechelen → Lord of the Netherlands → Spanish Inquisition ("Spanish Netherlands") → Supreme Council of the Inquisition ("Spanish territories in the Low Countries") → siege and capture of Tournai (1581) ("Spanish Netherlands") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Abraham Ortelius → Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange → Gerardus Mercator → Hugo Grotius → Isabella of Austria → Jacobus Arminius → Johan van Oldenbarnevelt →	placeOfBirth
Battle of Fleurus (1794) ("Austrian Netherlands (Habsburg-controlled)") → Battle of Jemappes ("Austrian Netherlands") → Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598) ("Spanish Netherlands") → War of Devolution ("Spanish Netherlands") → siege of Maastricht (1673) ("Spanish Netherlands") →	belligerent
Charles I of Spain → Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor → Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor ("Spanish Netherlands") → Menno Simons → René of Chalon →	birthPlace
Guido de Brès → Isabella Clara Eugenia ("Spanish Netherlands") → Peter Paul Rubens ("Spanish Netherlands") → Philip William, Prince of Orange → Willem van Nassau →	deathPlace
Burgundian Netherlands → Habsburg Netherlands ("Spanish Netherlands") → Habsburg Netherlands ("Austrian Netherlands") → Seventeen Provinces ("Spanish Netherlands") → Seventeen Provinces ("Austrian Netherlands") →	followedBy
Coudenberg → Isabella Clara Eugenia ("Spanish Netherlands") → Isabella Clara Eugenia → René of Chalon →	associatedWith
Abraham Ortelius ("Spanish Netherlands") → Balthasar Gérard → Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria ("Spanish Netherlands") → William I of Orange →	placeOfDeath
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ("Austrian Netherlands") → Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ("Spanish Netherlands") → House of Habsburg ("Spanish Netherlands") → House of Habsburg ("Austrian Netherlands") →	ruledTerritory
Duchy of Burgundy → Duchy of Burgundy ("Spanish Netherlands") → Duchy of Limburg → Duchy of Limburg ("Austrian Netherlands") →	successor
County of Artois ("Spanish Netherlands") → County of Artois ("Austrian Netherlands") → Hainaut → Hainaut ("Spanish Netherlands") →	wasPartOf
Desiderius Erasmus → Justus Lipsius → Peter Paul Rubens ("Spanish Netherlands") →	citizenship
Frans Hals → Margaret of Parma → Margaret of Parma →	countryOfBirth
John of Austria (the Elder) → William Tyndale →	countryOfDeath
Louis de Bourbon, Count of Vermandois ("Spanish Netherlands") → Olympia Mancini ("Spanish Netherlands") →	deathCountry
Cardinal Infante Ferdinand of Austria ("Spanish Netherlands") → Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria ("Spanish Netherlands") →	governed
Devolution War ("Spanish Netherlands") → War of Devolution ("Spanish Netherlands") →	hasLocation
Habsburg Spain ("Spanish Netherlands") → Spanish Empire ("Spanish Netherlands") →	hasPart
Army of Flanders → Twelve Years' Truce →	historicalRegion
Pacificatione Gandavensi → Spanish Fury (1576) in Antwerp →	locatedIn
Meierij van ’s-Hertogenbosch → Meierij van ’s-Hertogenbosch ("Spanish Netherlands") →	partOfAfter
Act of Abjuration → Perpetual Edict (1577) →	region
Early Modern Dutch → Early Modern Dutch ("Spanish Netherlands") →	spokenInHistoricalEntity
Seventeen Provinces ("Low Countries under Habsburg rule") →	alsoKnownAs
Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 ("Habsburg territories in the Low Countries") →	appliesTo
Treaty of Campo Formio ("Austrian Netherlands") →	cededTerritory
Treaty of Campo Formio ("Austrian Netherlands") →	compensatedAustriaForLossOf
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum →	countryOfOrigin
Battle of Gravelines ("Spanish Netherlands") →	countryWhoseCoastItWasNear
Peter Paul Rubens ("court of the Spanish Netherlands") →	employer
United Kingdom of the Netherlands ("Austrian Netherlands") →	followedAfter
Triple Alliance (1668) ("Spanish Netherlands") →	geopoliticalFocus
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba →	governedTerritory
States General of the Habsburg Netherlands →	governingBodyOf
Catholic Monarchy ("Spanish Netherlands") →	hasComponentTerritory
Pacificatione Gandavensi →	hasCountryAtTime
Flemish Baroque ("Spanish Netherlands") →	hasCountryContext
War of Devolution ("Spanish Netherlands") →	hasParticipant
Twelve Years' Truce ("Habsburg–Dutch relations") →	hasTopic
Lordship of Mechelen →	highestCourtFor
Douai ("Spanish Netherlands") →	historicalAffiliation
Romandy ("Burgundian states") →	historicalInfluence
Southern provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands ("Austrian Netherlands") →	historicalPredecessor
County of Artois →	historicalRegionOf
Duchy of Guelders →	inConflict
Eighty Years' War ("Spanish Netherlands") →	involvedEntity
Great Council of Mechelen →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Iconoclastic Fury →	mainLocation
Philip II of Spain ("Spanish Netherlands") →	monarchOf
Margaret of Parma ("Habsburg rule in the Low Countries") →	movement
Siege of Douai (1667) ("Spanish Netherlands") →	participant
Burgundian Netherlands ("Habsburg Seventeen Provinces") →	politicalPrecursorOf
United Provinces →	precededBy
Dutch Republic →	predecessor
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba ("Spanish Netherlands") →	regionGoverned
Perpetual Edict (1577) ("Habsburg rule in the Low Countries") →	relatedTo
Charles I of Spain →	territoryRuled
Treaty of Utrecht ("Spanish Netherlands") →	transferredTerritory
Bishopric of Tournai →	underInfluenceOf
Cross of Burgundy ("Low Countries under Habsburg rule") →	usedBy
William Tyndale →	workLocation