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Habsburg Netherlands
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Habsburg Netherlands
Habsburg Netherlands
is the collective name of
Holy Roman Empire
fiefs in the
Low Countries
held by the
House of Habsburg
and later by the
Spanish Empire
, also known as the
Spanish Netherlands
. The rule began in 1482, when after the death of the
Valois-Burgundy
duke
Charles the Bold
the
Burgundian Netherlands
fell to the Habsburg dynasty by the marriage of Charles's daughter
Mary of Burgundy
to Archduke
Maximilian I of Austria
.
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