Northern Netherlands

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historical region part of the Low Countries

The Northern Netherlands refers to the historically Protestant, Dutch-speaking provinces in the north of the Low Countries that formed the core of what became the Dutch Republic.

Aliases (7)

northern Netherlands ×5
Netherlands (part) ×1
North Netherlands ×1
Northern Netherlands region ×1
Northern provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands ×1
southern Netherlands ×1
the Netherlands (historical broader sense) ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical region → part of the Low Countries →
alsoKnownAs	Seven United Netherlands → United Provinces →
associatedWithDynasty	House of Orange-Nassau →
associatedWithEvent	Dutch Revolt → Eighty Years' War →
borderedBy	North Sea → Southern Netherlands →
capital	The Hague →
contrastWith	Southern Netherlands →
country	Dutch Republic →
culturalRegion	Dutch-speaking world →
dominantEthnicGroup	Dutch →
economicRole	commercial hub of Europe → maritime trading center →
formedCoreOf	Dutch Republic →
gainedIndependenceFrom	Spanish Empire →
governedBy	States General of the Netherlands →
hasCoastOn	North Sea → Wadden Sea →
hasLanguage	Dutch →
hasReligion	Protestantism →
historicalImportance	center of Dutch Golden Age →
historicalLanguage	Dutch → Frisian →
historicallyDominantReligion	Calvinism →
historicalPeriod	16th century → 17th century → Early Modern period → Eighty Years' War era →
historicalSuccessor	Kingdom of the Netherlands →
locatedIn	Europe → Low Countries → Northern Europe →
majorCity	Amsterdam → Groningen NERFINISHED → Rotterdam NERFINISHED → Utrecht NERFINISHED →
majorPort	Amsterdam → Rotterdam NERFINISHED →
partOf	Habsburg Netherlands →
politicalEntity	United Provinces →
politicalSystem	federal republic →
religiousCharacteristic	largely Protestant →
religiousMinority	Roman Catholics →
separatedFrom	Southern Netherlands →
wasUnderRuleOf	Habsburg monarchy NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Eemsdelta ("northern Netherlands") → Eemskanaal ("northern Netherlands") → Eindhoven ("southern Netherlands") → Het Hogeland ("northern Netherlands") → Lordship of Friesland → Lordship of Overijssel → Ommelanden ("northern Netherlands") → University of Franeker → University of Groningen → Van Starkenborghkanaal ("northern Netherlands") →	locatedIn
Sovereign Prince of the United Netherlands → Union of Utrecht →	appliesToJurisdiction
Siege of Groningen (1594) → Stadtholder of Drenthe →	historicalRegion
Low Countries ("the Netherlands (historical broader sense)") →	alternativeName
Dutch railway network ("North Netherlands") →	connectsRegion
Carolingian Empire ("Netherlands (part)") →	country
United Kingdom of the Netherlands →	hasPart
Lordship of Utrecht →	historicalSubregionOf
Pekela →	locatedInRegion
Stad en Lande (Groningen) chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company →	location
Southern provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands ("Northern provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands") →	northernNeighbor
Lordship of Friesland ("Northern Netherlands region") →	partOf