United Provinces

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The United Provinces, better known as the Dutch Republic, was a powerful early modern European state centered in the Low Countries that became a leading commercial, maritime, and colonial power in the 17th century.

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United Provinces canonical 27

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern European state
historical state
republic
alsoKnownAs Dutch Republic
Dutch Republic
surface form: Republic of the Seven United Netherlands

Dutch Republic
surface form: Republic of the Seven United Provinces

Dutch Republic
surface form: Republic of the United Netherlands

Dutch Republic
surface form: United Dutch Provinces

Dutch Republic
surface form: United Provinces of the Netherlands
capital The Hague
colonialPower global colonial empire
continent Europe
country Dutch Republic
currency Dutch guilder
deFactoCapital Amsterdam
dominantReligion Calvinism
economicStrength leading commercial power in 17th century Europe
endEvent Batavian Revolution
endTime 1795
era Dutch Golden Age
flag Prince's Flag
governmentType confederal republic
oligarchic republic
headOfGovernmentTitle Grand Pensionary
headOfStateTitle Stadtholder
includedSubdivision Friesland
Gelderland
Groningen
Netherlands
surface form: Holland

Overijssel
Utrecht
Zeeland
legislature States General of the Netherlands
locatedIn Low Countries
majorPortCity Amsterdam
Middelburg
Rotterdam
memberOf Quadruple Alliance
surface form: Quadruple Alliance (1718)

Triple Alliance (1668)
navalPower major maritime power
notableInstitution Dutch East India Company
Dutch West India Company
officialLanguage Dutch
partOf Low Countries
precededBy Habsburg Netherlands
Seventeen Provinces
recognizedByTreaty Peace of Westphalia
recognizedIndependenceFrom Spain
religion Dutch Reformed Church
replacedBy Batavian Republic
significantEvent Anglo-Dutch Wars
Eighty Years' War
surface form: Eighty Years War

Franco-Dutch War
Glorious Revolution
Peace of Westphalia
startEvent Act of Abjuration
startTime 1581
successorState Kingdom of the Netherlands

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Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster opponentOf United Provinces
subject surface form: Bernhard von Galen
Twelve Years' Truce hasParticipant United Provinces
Duchy of Guelders successor United Provinces
Northern Netherlands politicalEntity United Provinces
Northern Netherlands alsoKnownAs United Provinces
Stadtholder of Utrecht country United Provinces
Dutch Republicanism emergedIn United Provinces
Twaalfjarig Bestand appliesToTerritory United Provinces
Treaty of Oliva mediatedBy United Provinces
Treaty of Copenhagen (1660) mediatedBy United Provinces
Batavian Revolution location United Provinces
Prince's Flag country United Provinces
Prince's Flag usedBy United Provinces
Duchy of Cleves followedBy United Provinces
Willem Joseph van Ghent affiliation United Provinces
siege of Antwerp belligerent United Provinces
subject surface form: Siege of Antwerp
Treaty of Nonsuch (contextual, involving English support to Dutch rebels) signatory United Provinces
subject surface form: Treaty of Nonsuch
Treaty of Nonsuch (contextual, involving English support to Dutch rebels) beneficiary United Provinces
subject surface form: Treaty of Nonsuch