Spanish Netherlands
Period: 1556-1714
Realm: Spanish Monarchy
Currency: Guilder (Spanish Netherlands), 1506-1713
The Southern Netherlands under the Spanish Habsburgs, after the split with the Northern Netherlands. The area covered much of present-day Belgium and was governed from Brussels. Formally it belonged to the Burgundian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire, but the Spanish king held the real power.
Rulers on these coins
- Charles II (1665-1700)
- Philip IV (1621-1665)
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