Habsburg Netherlands

Habsburg Netherlands
*Habsburgse Nederlanden* (Dutch)
*Pays-Bas des Habsbourg* (French)
Habsburg Netherlands Habsburgse Nederlanden (Dutch); Pays-Bas des Habsbourg (French)
1482–1797
	Cross of Burgundy Coat of arms; (Philip IV)
	The Low Countries in 1560. Habsburg Netherlands Prince-Bishopric of Liège Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy Prince-Bishopric of Cambrésis
	The Low Countries in 1560. Habsburg Netherlands Prince-Bishopric of Liège Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy Prince-Bishopric of Cambrésis
Status	Personal union of Imperial fiefs within Empire
Capital	De facto: Mechelen till 1530, afterwards Brussels
Common languages	Dutch; Low Saxon; West Frisian; Walloon; Luxembourgish; French;
Religion	Roman Catholic (state religion); Protestant;
Government	Monarchy
Historical era	Early modern period
• Inherited by House of Habsburg	1482
• Incorporated into Burgundian Circle	1512
• Pragmatic Sanction	1549
• Inherited by Habsburg Spain	1556
• Peace of Münster	30 January 1648
• Treaty of Rastatt	7 March 1714
• Battle of Sprimont	18 September 1794
• Treaty of Campo Formio	17 October 1797
ISO 3166 code	NL
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Burgundian Netherlands
	Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht
Spanish Netherlands
Dutch Republic
French First Republic

Habsburg Netherlands^[1] was the Renaissance period fiefs in the Low Countries held by the Holy Roman Empire's House of Habsburg. The rule began in 1482, when the last Valois-Burgundy ruler of the Netherlands, Mary, wife of Maximilian I of Austria, died.^[2] Their grandson, Emperor Charles V, was born in the Habsburg Netherlands and made Brussels one of his capitals.^[3]^[4]

Becoming known as the Seventeen Provinces in 1549, they were held by the Spanish branch of the Habsburgs from 1556, known as the Spanish Netherlands from that time on.^[5] In 1581, in the midst of the Dutch Revolt, the Seven United Provinces seceded from the rest of this territory to form the Dutch Republic. The remaining Spanish Southern Netherlands became the Austrian Netherlands in 1714, after Austrian acquisition under the Treaty of Rastatt. De facto Habsburg rule ended with the annexation by the revolutionary French First Republic in 1795. Austria, however, did not relinquish its claim over the country until 1797 in the Treaty of Campo Formio.

^ (Dutch: Habsburgse Nederlanden; French: Pays-Bas des Habsbourg), in Latin referred to as Belgica
^ Sicking, L. H. J. (2004-01-01). Neptune and the Netherlands: State, Economy, and War at Sea in the Renaissance. BRILL. p. 13. ISBN 9004138501.
^ "How Brussels became the capital of Europe 500 years ago". The Brussels Times. 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
^ Jenkins, Everett Jr. (2015-05-07). The Muslim Diaspora (Volume 2, 1500-1799): A Comprehensive Chronology of the Spread of Islam in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. McFarland. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-4766-0889-1.
^ Kamen, Henry (2014-03-26). Spain, 1469–1714: A Society of Conflict. Routledge. ISBN 9781317755005.

[1] (Dutch: Habsburgse Nederlanden; French: Pays-Bas des Habsbourg), in Latin referred to as Belgica

[2] Sicking, L. H. J. (2004-01-01). Neptune and the Netherlands: State, Economy, and War at Sea in the Renaissance. BRILL. p. 13. ISBN 9004138501.

[3] "How Brussels became the capital of Europe 500 years ago". The Brussels Times. 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2020-03-01.

[4] Jenkins, Everett Jr. (2015-05-07). The Muslim Diaspora (Volume 2, 1500-1799): A Comprehensive Chronology of the Spread of Islam in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. McFarland. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-4766-0889-1.

[5] Kamen, Henry (2014-03-26). Spain, 1469–1714: A Society of Conflict. Routledge. ISBN 9781317755005.

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