Generaliteitslanden of the Dutch Republic

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The Generaliteitslanden of the Dutch Republic were a group of conquered, centrally administered territories in the southern and eastern Low Countries that lacked provincial autonomy and were directly governed by the States General.

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Generaliteitslanden of the Dutch Republic canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division
territorial entity
appliesToJurisdiction States General of the Dutch Republic NERFINISHED
appliesToPart Breda Barony (as conquered territory) NERFINISHED
Hulst region NERFINISHED
Maastricht (condominium) NERFINISHED
Roermond region NERFINISHED
Staats-Brabant NERFINISHED
Staats-Limburg NERFINISHED
Staats-Opper-Gelre NERFINISHED
Staats-Overmaas NERFINISHED
Staats-Vlaanderen NERFINISHED
Stevensweert enclave NERFINISHED
Venlo region NERFINISHED
parts of present-day Gelderland
parts of present-day Limburg
parts of present-day North Brabant
parts of present-day Zeeland
capital ’s-Hertogenbosch (administrative center for Staats-Brabant) NERFINISHED
country Dutch Republic
differentFrom autonomous provinces of the Dutch Republic
dissolvedBy Batavian Republic NERFINISHED
endTime 1795
governingBody States General of the Dutch Republic NERFINISHED
governmentType centralized administration under States General
hasCharacteristic centrally administered
conquered territories
directly governed by the States General
lacked provincial autonomy
hasDutchName Generaliteitslanden NERFINISHED
hasEnglishName Generality Lands NERFINISHED
hasLegalStatus domain of the Generality
non-provincial territory
historicalPeriod Early Modern period NERFINISHED
languageUsed Dutch
French
locatedIn eastern Low Countries
southern Low Countries
militarySignificance buffer zone against Spanish and later Austrian Netherlands
namedAfter Generality (States General) NERFINISHED
partOf Dutch Republic NERFINISHED
partOfConflict Eighty Years' War (as conquered territories) NERFINISHED
religion majority Roman Catholic population
officially Reformed (Calvinist) state church
replacedBy departments of the Batavian Republic
startTime after the Dutch Revolt
late 16th century
subordinateTo States General of the Dutch Republic NERFINISHED
taxStatus taxed directly by the States General

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fortress town of Grave wasPartOf Generaliteitslanden of the Dutch Republic
subject surface form: Grave