History of the Low Countries v • d • e
Austrasia				Frisian kingdom
Carolingian Empire ca 800–843
	Cty of Flanders 9th century – 1384	Lotharingia, then Lower Lorraine 855–954–977
Bishopric of Liège + Imperial Abbey of Stavelot- Malmedy + Duchy of Bouillon 10th century – 1795		Other feudal states	County of Luxembourg 963–1384	10th–14th centuries
	Burgundian Netherlands		Duchy of Luxembourg 1384–1443	1384–1482
	Habsburg Netherlands 1482–1795 (Seventeen Provinces, Burgundian Circle)
	Spanish (Southern) Netherlands 1549–1713
				Dutch Republic 1581–1795
	Austrian Netherlands 1713–95
Liège Revolution 1789-1792	United States of Belgium 1790
French Republic 1795–1804				Batavian Republic 1795–1806
French Empire 1804–15
				Kingdom of Holland 1806–10
United Kingdom of the Netherlands since 1815
Kingdom of Belgium since 1830			Grand Duchy of Luxembourg since 1839	Netherlands

The Habsburg Netherlands was a geo-political entity covering the whole Low Countries from 1482 to 1556/1581^[1] and solely the Southern Netherlands from 1581 to 1794. After 1581 it was also known as the Spanish Netherlands or the Austrian Netherlands.

It was held by the Duke of Burgundy (1506-1555), the King of Spain (1555-1706) or the Archduke of Austria (1716-1794), all from the house of Habsburg. It was ruled on his behalf by a governor.

It briefly revolted from the Habsburgs from January to December 1790 to join the United States of Belgium, at the end of which it reverted into the Habsburg Netherlands. It finally ceased to exist in 1794 when it was annexed by the First French Republic.

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