Austrian Netherlands

Austrian Netherlands
Österreichische Niederlande (German)
Pays-Bas Autrichiens (French)
Oostenrijkse Nederlanden (Dutch)
Belgium Austriacum (Latin)
1714–1797
The Austrian Netherlands in 1789
  •   Austrian Netherlands
StatusPersonal union of Imperial fiefs within Empire
CapitalBrussels
Common languages
Religion
Roman Catholic
GovernmentGovernorate
Governor 
• 1716–1724 (first)
Eugene Francis
• 1793–1794 (last)
Charles Louis
Plenipotentiary 
• 1714–1716 (first)
Lothar Dominik
• 1793–1794 (last)
Franz Karl
Habsburg
Bourbon
Historical eraEarly modern
7 March 1714
8 November 1785
1789–1790
18 September 1794
17 October 1797
CurrencyKronenthaler
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Spanish Netherlands
French First Republic
United Belgian States
Today part of

The Austrian Netherlands[nb 1] was the territory of the Burgundian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire between 1714 and 1797. The period began with the acquisition by the Austrian Habsburg monarchy of the former Spanish Netherlands under the Treaty of Rastatt in 1714. It lasted until Revolutionary France annexed the territory after the Battle of Sprimont in 1794 and the Peace of Basel in 1795. Austria relinquished its claim on the province in 1797 through the Treaty of Campo Formio.
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