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Former polities in the Netherlands

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Dutch Republic
predecessor state of the Netherlands (1581–1795)
Batavian Republic
republic of the Netherlands in Western Europe between 1795–1806
Kingdom of Holland
French client states in Netherlands (1806-1810)
Union of Utrecht
treaty signed in Utrecht, unifying the northern provinces of the Netherlands, until then under the control of Habsburg Spain
Burgundian Netherlands
portion of the Low Countries ruled by the Dukes of Burgundy in the period from 1384 to 1482
County of Holland
state of the Holy Roman Empire and part of the Habsburg Netherlands: in 1579 became partly the Dutch Republic
Habsburg Netherlands
polity ruled by the Habsburg House from 1482 to 1795
Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht
ecclesiastic state of the Holy Roman Empire
Ravenstein
town in North Brabant, the Netherlands
County of Zeeland
country of the Holy Roman Empire
Salland
Salland (; Low Saxon: Sallaand) is a historical dominion in the west and north of the present Dutch province of Overijssel. Nowadays Salland is usually used to indicate a region corresponding to the part of the former dominion more or less to the west of Twente.
Generality Lands
lands controlled by the States-General of the Seven Provinces
Lordship of Utrecht
(1528-1795) precursor of Utrecht province
Hamaland
Hamaland (also Hameland) was a medieval Carolingian vassal county in the east of the modern-day Netherlands. Its name originated from the former Chamavi inhabitants that merged into the newly formed confederation of Franks. It is located east of the river IJssel and south of Salland (the original homeland of the Frankish Salii) and Twente (the original homeland of the Germanic Tuihanti). Hamaland and the Chamavi had since late antiquity been ruled by independent kings, before being subdued by the Carolingian Franks.
Upper Guelders
former polity in the Netherlands
Lordship of Groningen
name under which the province was ruled by the Habsburg between 1536 and 1594
Tournaisis
thumb|200px|right|location of the Tournaisis The Tournaisis (or Tournai and the Tournaisis) was a small territory in the Low Countries, Independent during the Middle Ages, it consisted of the city of Tournai () and the surrounding area, which now forms part of Hainaut Province, in Belgium.
Thorn Abbey
monastery in Thorn, Netherlands
Teisterbant
Teisterbant was a pagus (province) of Lotharingia/Middle Francia. It was located in the present-day Netherlands, bordered by the rivers Lek and Waal. Modern-day West-Betuwe (the southern part of the province of Gelderland) shares most of the same land including towns such as Batenburg, Vianen, Tiel, Culemborg, Geldermalsen. The historic fiefdoms of Altena, Arkel, Buren, Heusden and Vianen were also part of it.
Land van den Bergh
noble family