Netherlands (disambiguation)

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The Netherlands have been the name of different political and geographical entities in northwestern Europe.

• The Kingdom of the Netherlands. The kingdom consisting of the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles, and Aruba.
• The Seven United Netherlands, also known as the United Provinces. A predecessor of the current country. It existed from 1581 to 1795.
• The Seventeen Netherlands, fiefs of the Holy Roman Empire and France. United by Charles V of Spain. The Seventeen Netherlands roughly correspond with present day Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and parts of Northern France.
• The Southern Netherlands. The name of the territory roughly corresponding to present day Belgium from the independence of the Seven Netherlands to the French Revolution. Also called Spanish Netherlands (1579-1713) or Austrian Netherlands (1713-1794).

See also

• United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815 - 1830) (1839) The unofficial name used to refer to the Kingdom of the Netherlands created during the Congress of Vienna in 1815 and made up of the United Provinces and the Southern Netherlands.
• Low Countries