Kingdom of Holland

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Seventeen Provinces (1477–1555)
Union of Atrecht (Jan 6, 1579)
Union of Utrecht (Jan 23, 1579)
United Provinces (1581–1795)
Southern Netherlands (1581–1815)
Batavian Republic (1795–1806)
Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810)
United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1830)
Kingdom of the Netherlands (1830-present)

The Kingdom of Holland 1806 – 1810 (Koninkrijk Holland in Dutch, Royaume d'Hollande in French) was set up by Napoleon Bonaparte as a puppet kingdom for his third brother, Louis Bonaparte, in order to better control the Netherlands. Louis did not perform to Napoleon's expectations – he tried to serve Dutch interests instead of his brother's – and the kingdom was dissolved in 1810 after which the Netherlands were annexed by France until 1813.

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