Seventeen Provinces

Summary

Seventeen Provinces is a personal union^[1]. It draws 290 Wikipedia views per month (personal_union category, ranking #4 of 6).^[2]

Key Facts

• Seventeen Provinces is located in Burgundian Circle^[3].
• Seventeen Provinces is in the country of Holy Roman Empire^[4].
• Seventeen Provinces's continent is recorded as Europe^[5].
• Seventeen Provinces's instance of is recorded as personal union^[6].
• Seventeen Provinces's instance of is recorded as historical country^[7].
• Seventeen Provinces's instance of is recorded as region^[8].
• Seventeen Provinces's instance of is recorded as Heptadecad^[9].
• Seventeen Provinces's capital is recorded as Brussels^[10].
• Seventeen Provinces's flag image is recorded as Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg^[11].
• Seventeen Provinces's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of Arms of Philip IV of Burgundy.svg^[12].
• Seventeen Provinces's basic form of government is recorded as monarchy^[13].
• Seventeen Provinces's flag is recorded as Cross of Burgundy^[14].
• Seventeen Provinces's locator map image is recorded as The Low Countries.png^[15].
• Seventeen Provinces's locator map image is recorded as Die Niederlande Nach denen XVII Provincien Eingetheilet (Zeventien Provinciën der Nederlanden, 17 Provinces) Gabriel Bodenehr.jpg^[16].
• Seventeen Provinces's Commons category is recorded as Seventeen Provinces^[17].
• +1482-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Seventeen Provinces^[18].
• Seventeen Provinces was dissolved in +1581-00-00T00:00:00Z^[19].
• Seventeen Provinces's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.8467, 'lon': 4.3547}^[20].
• Seventeen Provinces's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0jrdw^[21].
• Seventeen Provinces's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Seventeen Provinces^[22].
• Seventeen Provinces's replaced by is recorded as Dutch Republic^[23].
• Seventeen Provinces's replaced by is recorded as Spanish Netherlands^[24].
• Seventeen Provinces's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Zeventien Provinciën'}^[25].
• Seventeen Provinces's office held by head of state is recorded as Lord of the Netherlands^[26].
• Seventeen Provinces's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Belgium^[27].

Body

Founding

+1482-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Seventeen Provinces^[18].

Dissolution

Seventeen Provinces was dissolved in +1581-00-00T00:00:00Z^[19].

Why It Matters

Seventeen Provinces draws 290 Wikipedia views per month (personal_union category, ranking #4 of 6).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]