Habsburg Netherlands

parts of the Netherlands held by the Spanish crown (1581-1714)

Union of states in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries

thumb|William the Silent was a stadtholder during the [[Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Empire.]] In the Low Countries, a stadtholder ( , ) was a steward, first appointed as a medieval official and ultimately functioning as a provincial and later national leader. The stadtholder was the replacement of the duke or count of a province during the Burgundian and Habsburg period (1384 – 1581/1795).

legislature of the Netherlands

polity ruled by the Habsburg House from 1482 to 1795

paintings from Flanders from the early 15th century until the 17th century

Cultural period

1493 treaty between Austria and France

supreme court in the Burgundian Netherlands