Netherlands (disambiguation)

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

• The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland). The European country.
• 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

• Low Countries

See also: Netherlands (disambiguation), 1581, 1795, Aruba, Austrian Netherlands, Belgium, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Dutch language, Europe, France