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United Kingdom of the Netherlands

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Koninkrijk der Nederlanden  (Dutch)
Royaume des Belgiques  (French)
1815–1839
Flag Coat of arms
Motto
"Je maintiendrai" (French)
"I will uphold"
Anthem
Wien Neêrlands Bloed
"Those in whom Dutch blood"
Map of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is shown in light green.
Capital Amsterdam and Brussels
Languages Dutch (official, all over the kingdom), French (official, in the Walloon provinces and in the Parliament), Frisian, Luxembourgish.
Religion Protestant, Catholic
Government Constitutional monarchy
King
 •  1815–1839 William I
Legislature States General
 •  Upper house Senate
 •  Lower house House of Representatives
Historical era Early modern period
 •  Congress of Vienna 16 March 1815
 •  Constitution adopted 24 August 1815
 •  Belgian Revolution 25 August 1830
 •  Treaty of London 19 April 1839
Currency Dutch guilder
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands
First French Empire
Netherlands
Duchy of Limburg (1839–1867)
Luxembourg
Belgium

United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1839) (Dutch: Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, French: Royaume uni des Pays-Bas) was the unofficial name for the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, French: Royaume des Belgiques) during the period after it was first created from part of the First French Empire and before the new Kingdom of Belgium split off from it in 1830.

This state, a large part of which still exists today as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, was made up of the former Dutch Republic (Republic of the Seven United Netherlands) to the north, the former Austrian Netherlands to the south, and the former Prince-Bishopric of Liège. The House of Orange-Nassau came to be the monarchs of this new state.

The United Kingdom of the Netherlands collapsed after the 1830 Belgian Revolution. William I, King of the Netherlands, would refuse to recognize a Belgian state until 1839, when he had to yield under pressure by the Treaty of London. Only at this time were exact borders agreed upon.

Nowadays, the Benelux Union (created in 1944 between Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) is in some ways a "distant heir" of the former United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Their respective political systems are very similar and Dutch is the official and vernacular language of 83% of its total population.


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