HabsburgNetherlands was the Renaissance period fiefs in the Low Countries held by the Holy Roman Empire's House of Habsburg. The rule began in 1482, when
(Dutch: landvoogd) or governor-general (gouverneur-generaal) of the HabsburgNetherlands was a representative appointed by the Holy Roman emperor (1504-1556)
"Flanders" was used as a pars pro toto) was the HabsburgNetherlands ruled by the Spanish branch of the Habsburgs from 1556 to 1714. They were a collection
loyal to the overlord of the HabsburgNetherlands, Philip II of Spain (who did not have the title of King in the Netherlands, but held the title of duke
conquer Holland.[citation needed] HabsburgNetherlands Most of the Imperial and French fiefs in what is now the Netherlands and Belgium were united in a personal