United Kingdom of the Netherlands
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United Provinces (1581-1795) Southern Netherlands (1581-1815) United States of Belgium (1790) Batavian Republic (1795-1806) Kingdom of Holland (1806-1810) United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815-1830) Kingdom of the Netherlands (1830-present) Kingdom of Belgium (1830-present) Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (1815-present) |
1, 2 and 3 United Kingdom of the Netherlands (until 1830)
1 and 2 Kingdom of the Netherlands (after 1830)
2 Duchy of Limburg (In the German Confederacy after 1839 as compensation for Waals-Luxemburg)
3 and 4 Kingdom of Belgium (after 1830)
4 and 5 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (borders until 1830)
4 Province of Luxembourg (Waals-Luxemburg, to Belgium in 1839)
5 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (German Luxemburg; borders after 1839)
In blue, the borders of the German Confederacy.
United Kingdom of the Netherlands (also rendered as Kingdom of the United Netherlands) (1815 - 1830) (1839) (Dutch: Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, French: Royaume-Uni des Pays-Bas and German: Vereinigtes Königreich der Niederlande) were the unofficial names used to refer to a new unified European state created from part of the First French Empire during the Congress of Vienna in 1815. This state, officially called the "Kingdom of the Netherlands", was made up of the former Dutch republic (Republic of the Seven United Netherlands) to the north, the former Austrian Netherlands to the south, and the former Prince-Bishopric of Liège. The House of Orange-Nassau came to be the monarchs of this new state.
The intention was to provide a viable state to the north of France to counterbalance potential new French ambitions in this direction. It lasted until the southern provinces seceded to form Belgium in 1830, though Belgian independence was not formally recognised by the north until 1839, after which the name "Kingdom of the Netherlands" remained to refer to just the northern provinces. The Grand Duchy of Luxemburg was to be ruled by the House of Orange-Nassau up to 1890, the year William III died. As females were not allowed to succeed in Luxemburg due to the Salic law, the Grand Duchy passed to the House of Nassau-Weilburg, a collateral line; this in accordance with the Nassau Family Treaty of 1783.
The United Kingdom of the Netherlands collapsed after the 1830's Belgian Revolution, but government officials recognized this only 9 years later, in 1839.
See also
| History of the Netherlands |
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| Ancient times |
| Germanic tribes |
| Roman Era |
| Migration Period |
| The Medieval Low Countries |
| Frankish Realm / The Franks |
| Holy Roman Empire |
| Burgundian Netherlands |
| Seventeen Provinces |
| Spanish Netherlands |
| Rise and Fall of the Dutch Republic |
| Eighty Years' War |
| United Provinces |
| The Golden Age |
| The Batavian revolution |
| From Republic to Monarchy |
| Batavian Republic |
| Kingdom of Holland |
| First French Empire |
| United Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| The Netherlands in Modern Times |
| Netherlands in World War II |
| Luctor et Emergo |
| The Dutch Fight against Water |
| The Miscellaneous Netherlands |
| Military history of the Netherlands |
| History of the Dutch language |
| Dutch literature |
| Dutch influence on military terms |
| Dutch inventions and discoveries |
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