- 1560
- 70,000 km (27,000 sq mi)
- 1600
- 46,000 km (18,000 sq mi)
- Status
- Personal union of Imperial fiefs within Empire
- Capital
- Brussels
- Common languages
- Dutch French German Latin Spanish Low Saxon West Frisian Walloon Luxembourgish Picard
- Religion
- Catholicism ( State religion ), Protestantism (popular)
- Government
- Governorate
- 1556 1559
- Emmanuel Philibert (first)
- 1692 1706
- Maximilian Emanuel (last)
- Historical era
- Early Modern period
- Eighty years war
- 1568–1648
- Peace of m nster
- 30 January 1648