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The use of the name Netherlands versus Southern-Netherlands

Hi, all the "Netherlands" should be replaced by "Southern-Netherlands", which is the correct historical name of that region. When written as (The) Netherlands you would mean to point to what the Dutch call the Northern-Netherlands or the Republic of the United Netherlands, after 1815 the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In 1581 the Northern-Netherlands officially deposed Philip II of Spain as reigning monarch and founded the Republic of the United Netherlands (1581–1795). When written as Southern-Netherlands you would be referring to roughly what today is called the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand-duchy of Luxemburg. The Southern-Netherlands was controlled by Spain (1556–1714), later Austria (1714–94). In 1815 the Southern-Netherlands was reunited with the Northern-Netherlands to form the (United) Kingdom of the Netherlands plus the Grand-Duchy of Luxemburg, all under the rule of King William 1^st] from the House of Orange-Nassau. In 1830 part of the the Southern-Netherlands became independent after a revolution and formed the Kingdom of Belgium. After the death of King William III, who was also Grand-duke of Luxemburg, because of him not having male issue surviving him, Luxemburg went to his 17th cousin once removed, Adolphe, Duke of Nassau. His descendants still govern the Grand Duchy. In the Kingdom of the Netherlands William III was succeeded by his daughter Wilhelmina. Ofcourse this is a rough summary, since there where a number of minor and major deviations and intermissions in the path of this history. Regards, --OSeveno (talk) 15:32, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

• • I modified Asybaris01 (talk) 17:51, 3 January 2015 (UTC)