There are twelve provinces of the Netherlands representing the administrative layer between the national government and the local governments, with responsibility...

The United Provinces of the Netherlands, officially the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Dutch: Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) and...

This list contains all twelve official flags of the provinces of the Netherlands, including the pennons. Provincial flags tend to have a long historical...

the Spanish Netherlands from that time on. In 1581, in the midst of the Dutch Revolt, the Seven United Provinces seceded from the rest of this territory...

William II, Prince of Orange (1626–1650), stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 1647 William IV, Prince of Orange (1711–1751),...

The Association of Provinces of the Netherlands (Dutch: Interprovinciaal Overleg; IPO) is the association of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. The...

The Seventeen Provinces were the Imperial states of the Habsburg Netherlands in the 16th century. They roughly covered the Low Countries, i.e., what is...

role in creating laws. The once-sovereign provinces of the Spanish Netherlands were intermittently ruled by members of the House of Orange-Nassau from 1559...

The history of the Netherlands extends back long before the founding of the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon. For...

abolished – but the office nevertheless continued in these provinces who now united themselves into the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. All stadtholders...

known as Dutch Limburg, is the southernmost of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. It is bordered by Gelderland to the north and by North Brabant...

The national flag of the Netherlands (Dutch: de Nederlandse vlag) is a horizontal tricolour of red, white, and blue. The current design originates as a...

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part of The Netherlands. In 1432 it became part of the Low Countries possessions of Philip the Good of Burgundy, the later Seventeen Provinces. Through...

successively the capital of the Duchy of Brabant, the Seventeen Provinces, the Southern Netherlands, the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, Belgium, the Flemish...

Spanish: Flandes, the name "Flanders" was used as a pars pro toto) was the Habsburg Netherlands ruled by the Spanish branch of the Habsburgs from 1556...

Netherlands North Holland (Noord-Holland): province in the Netherlands Holland: region, former county in the Netherlands consisting of the provinces Noord-...

This is a list of Dutch provinces by Human Development Index as of 2022. "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Table - Global Data Lab". globaldatalab...

but were renamed into provinces and the historical names returned. At the time of the independence of Belgium from the Netherlands in 1830, Belgium's territory...

The States General of the Netherlands (Dutch: Staten-Generaal [ˈstaːtə(ŋ) ɣeːnəˈraːl] ) is the supreme bicameral legislature of the Netherlands consisting...

countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east and Belgium to the south, with...

October 1751) was Prince of Orange from birth and the first hereditary stadtholder of all the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 1747 until his death...

of the provinces of the Netherlands from their allegiance to Philip II of Spain, during the Dutch Revolt. Signed on 26 July 1581, in The Hague, the Act...

provinces and 3 special municipalities. The kingdom consists of the 3 countries + the country of the Netherlands which is composed of the provinces and...

Philip the Good, in 1432. In 1432, Holland became part of the Burgundian Netherlands and since 1477 of the Habsburg Seventeen Provinces. In the 16th century...

arms of the Netherlands Coat of arms of Sint Maarten The coats of arms of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands are shown here: Coat of arms of Drenthe...

water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by total area. Gelderland shares borders with six other provinces (Flevoland...

Vaalserberg. The border between Belgium and the Netherlands came into existence with the secession of the southern provinces of the Netherlands that became...

all provinces of the Netherlands. William "the Silent" of Orange became the de facto political leader of the United Provinces, while Matthias of Austria...

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