Seventeen Provinces

The Seventeen Provinces were a personal union of states in the Low Countries in the 16th century, roughly covering the current Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, a good part of the North of France (Artois, Nord) and a small part of Germany.

The 17 Provinces

The 17 Provinces were:

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• the duchy of Brabant (with Antwerp)
• the duchy of Guelders (after 1543)
• the duchy of Limburg (with the Landen van Overmaas)
• the duchy of Luxemburg
• the county of Artois
• the county of Drenthe (with Lingen)
• the county of Flanders (with the cities of Lille, Douai and Orchies)
• the county of Hainaut
• the county of Holland
• the county of Namur
• the county of Zeeland
• the county of Zutphen
• the lordship of Friesland
• the lordship of Groningen
• the lordship of Mechelen
• the lordship of Overijssel
• the lordship of Utrecht (formerly a bishopric)

The city of Tournai was also part of the 17 Provinces.

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In addition, there were a number of fiefdoms in this region that were not part of the Seventeen Provinces, the largest one is the Bishopric of Liège. In the north, there were also a few smaller entities like the island of Ameland, that would retain their own lords until the French revolution.

Related Topics:
Bishopric of Liège - Ameland - French revolution

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