Protestant provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands

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The Protestant provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands were the northern, largely Calvinist regions that increasingly resisted Spanish Habsburg rule and helped lay the foundations for the Dutch Republic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former political subdivision
historical region
conflictWith Spanish Empire
country Habsburg Netherlands
economy commerce
maritime trade
textile industry
followedBy Dutch Republic
governmentType provincial estates
hasCapital The Hague
hasMajorCity Amsterdam
Delft
Groningen
Haarlem
Leiden
Middelburg
Rotterdam
hasPart Drenthe
Friesland
Gelderland
Groningen
Holland
Overijssel
Utrecht
Zeeland
helpedForm Dutch Republic
historicalPeriod 16th century
Eighty Years' War
surface form: Eighty Years War
language Dutch
locatedIn Low Countries
Northern Netherlands
opposedTo Philip II of Spain
Spanish Habsburg rule
partOf Habsburg Netherlands
Seventeen Provinces
politicalStatus largely autonomous regions
rebellious provinces
religion Calvinism
Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
resultedIn independence of the northern Netherlands
significantEvent Act of Abjuration
Eighty Years' War
surface form: Dutch Revolt

Eighty Years' War
surface form: Eighty Years War

Union of Utrecht
significantIdeology Reformed Protestantism
anti‑absolutism
startTime second half of the 16th century

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Pacificatione Gandavensi signatory Protestant provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands