Netherlands (disambiguation)

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

• The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland), the current Kingdom of the Netherlands.
• 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