Habsburg Netherlands

Habsburg Netherlands
*Habsburgse Nederlanden*code: nl is deprecated (Dutch)
*Pays-Bas des Habsbourg*code: fr is deprecated (French)
Habsburg Netherlands Habsburgse Nederlanden (Dutch); Pays-Bas des Habsbourg (French)
1482–1797
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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	== Habsburg Netherlands Media == Burgundian Netherlands (orange) upon the death of Charles the Bold ; Map of the Seventeen Provinces by Gabriel Bodenehr ; Austrian Netherlands in 1789 ; Roman Catholicsm (state religion); Protestantism (popular);
Government	Monarchy
Historical era	Early modern period
•	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
•	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 was the part of the Low Countries ruled by the House of Habsburg. After Mary of Burgundy died in 1482, the Low Countries was inherited by the Habsburgs. Emperor Charles V divided the House of Habsburg into two parts. The Spanish branch ruled the Habsburg Netherlands. After the Dutch Revolt, the northern provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands became independent.

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Spanish Netherlands