The Habsburg Netherlands were the parts of the Low Countries that were ruled by sovereigns from the House of Habsburg. Their rule began in 1482 and ended for the Northern Netherlands in 1581 and for the Southern Netherlands in 1797. Habsburg rule began with the accession of Philip the Handsome in 1482, when he succeeded his mother Mary of Burgundy of the House of Valois-Burgundy, who was the ruler of the Low Countries.
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des Troubles) was the special tribunal instituted on 9 September 1567 by Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, governor-general of the Habsburg Netherlands, on the orders of Philip II of Spain to punish the ringleaders of the recent political and religious troubles in the Netherlands.
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1. Wikidata: Habsburg Netherlands
- Wikidata Q1031430, class allow-list match (P31 Q1048835 political territorial entity (no Q3024240); description confirms a former ruled polity, minted per brief demand list)
- Wikidata Q1031430, class allow-list match (no Q3024240; former ruled polity per demand list)
Habsburg Netherlands (Wikipedia)
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The Habsburg Netherlands were the parts of the Low Countries that were ruled by sovereigns from the House of Habsburg. Their rule began in 1482 and ended for the Northern Netherlands in 1581 and for the Southern Netherlands in 1797. Habsburg rule began with the accession of Philip the Handsome in 1482, when he succeeded his mother Mary of Burgundy of the House of Valois-Burgundy, who was the ruler of the Low Countries.
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