Lord of the Netherlands

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Lord of the Netherlands was the title held by the sovereign ruler of the Habsburg Netherlands, encompassing much of the Low Countries in the 16th century.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lord of the Netherlands canonical 5
Regent of the Netherlands 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchical title
sovereign title
appliesToJurisdiction Habsburg Netherlands
Low Countries
associatedWithDynasty House of Burgundy
House of Habsburg
country Habsburg Netherlands
followedBy Count of Holland (as a title of the Dutch Republic’s stadtholder)
King of the Netherlands
follows Duke of Burgundy (as overlord of the Burgundian Netherlands)
governmentForm personal union under the Habsburg monarch
hasCapital Brussels
linked to: Brussels, Belgium
hasLegalBasis Pragmatic Sanction of 1549
hasPart County of Artois
County of Flanders
County of Hainaut
County of Holland
County of Namur
County of Zeeland
linked to: Zeeland

Duchy of Brabant
Duchy of Guelders
Duchy of Luxembourg
Lordship of Drenthe
Lordship of Friesland
Lordship of Groningen
Lordship of Mechelen
Lordship of Overijssel
Lordship of Utrecht
Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht
hasSeatOfGovernment Brussels
linked to: Brussels, Belgium
historicalRegion Low Countries
languageOfName Dutch
Latin
officeHolder Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (as regent)
Margaret of Parma (as regent)
Mary of Hungary (as regent)
linked to: Mary of Hungary

Philip II of Spain
partOf Composite monarchy of Charles V
Habsburg monarchy
subclassOf feudal title
title of ruler
territoryIncludes parts of present-day France
parts of present-day Germany
present-day Belgium
present-day Luxembourg
present-day Netherlands
usedInPeriod 16th century
Early modern period

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles I of Spain positionHeld Lord of the Netherlands
Philip I of Castile positionHeld Lord of the Netherlands
Mary of Hungary positionHeld Regent of the Netherlands
linked to: Lord of the Netherlands
Margaret of Parma positionHeld Regent of the Netherlands
linked to: Lord of the Netherlands
Philip of Habsburg title Lord of the Netherlands
Sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands titleStyle Lord of the Netherlands