Southern provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands

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former political division historical region

The Southern provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands were the predominantly Catholic, French- and Dutch-speaking territories roughly corresponding to modern Belgium and Luxembourg that seceded in the 1830 Belgian Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former political division ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borderedBy France ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
capital Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels
contrastWith Northern provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
country United Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
dissolvedIn 1830 ⓘ
dominantReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
endTime 1830 ⓘ
event Belgian Revolution ⓘ
governmentType constitutional monarchy (within the United Kingdom of the Netherlands) ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
historicalPredecessor Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Netherlands

Duchy of Luxembourg ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Liège (de facto influence) ⓘ
surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Liège
includedTerritory Brabant ⓘ
Flanders ⓘ
Hainaut ⓘ
South Limburg ⓘ
surface form: Limburg (southern part)

Liège ⓘ
Luxembourg Province ⓘ
surface form: Luxembourg (province)

Namur ⓘ
language Dutch ⓘ
French ⓘ
locatedIn Low Countries ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
monarch William I of the Netherlands ⓘ
northernNeighbor Northern Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Northern provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
partialSuccessor Luxembourg ⓘ
surface form: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
partlyLocatedIn Southern Netherlands ⓘ
partlyResultedIn independence of Luxembourg ⓘ
partOf Congress of Vienna settlement territories ⓘ
United Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
politicalStatus constituent part of a unitary kingdom ⓘ
reasonForSecession economic grievances ⓘ
linguistic tensions ⓘ
political discontent with Dutch rule ⓘ
religious tensions ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousMajority Catholic ⓘ
resultedIn creation of Belgium ⓘ
roughlyCorrespondsTo Belgium ⓘ
Luxembourg ⓘ
secededFrom United Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
secededIn Belgian Revolution ⓘ
startTime 1815 ⓘ
successor Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Belgium

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Belgian Revolution → location → Southern provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ