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- proper noun plurale tantum, historical The southern part of the
Low Countries (modernNetherlands andBelgium ) during and after theEighty Years' War , ruled bySpain and lasting from 1581 to 1713.
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Examples
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The southern portion was to remain in Habsburg hands for over two centuries, being successively termed "Spanish Netherlands" and "Austrian Netherlands" -- roughly speaking, it is what to-day we call Belgium.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923
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From Poland to the Spanish Netherlands, from Sweden to northern Italy, coins of this sort provided rulers with a convenient means of emphasising their wealth and power.
Royal Mint to offer 2008 UK Silver Proof Piedfort Four-Coin Collection : Coin Collecting News 2008
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One of these movers and shakers was Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, who employed Teniers as court painter to the Spanish Netherlands and caretaker of his art collection.
Painters, printmakers and curators get under chivalry's skin 2007
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One of these movers and shakers was Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, who employed Teniers as court painter to the Spanish Netherlands and caretaker of his art collection.
Archive 2007-04-01 2007
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Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle: Louis XIV restored Franche-Comté (the fortresses having been dismantled) to Spain, in return for 12 fortified towns on the border of the Spanish Netherlands (Lille, Tournay, Oudenarde, etc.)
1667-68 2001
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Invasions of the Spanish Netherlands by France, occupation of Luxemburg, and seizure of Trier (1684).
1676 2001
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Austria took possession of the Spanish Netherlands, after the barrier for Holland had been agreed upon, and retained Naples, Sardinia, and Milan.
1708, July 11 2001
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The Spanish have been forced to reassure the traders of the Spanish Netherlands that they will not intervene in Scotland against us, that they will stay our friend and ally, whatever takes place in Scotland.
The Virgin's Lover Philippa Gregory 1996
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The cloth market will leave the Spanish Netherlands forever, and the loss will be incalculable.
The Virgin's Lover Philippa Gregory 1996
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Sir Robert was in a window embrasure talking casually to Sir Francis Knollys about trade with the Spanish Netherlands.
The Virgin's Lover Philippa Gregory 1996
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