Estates General États Généraux (French) / Staten Generaal (Dutch) |
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Estates of the realm First Estate of prelates Second Estate of nobility Third Estate of chief cities |
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Established | 7 September 1632 |
Disbanded | 5 July 1634 |
Preceded by | Estates General of 1600 |
The Estates General of 1632 was a parliamentary assembly of representatives of the constituent provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands. It was the last such assembly.
It had been over thirty years since a gathering of the Estates General had been convened by the Habsburg rulers in the Low Countries. In a situation of deep political crisis, the Governor-General, Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia, called the Estates General to rally the political elites to the Habsburg cause. The letters convoking the assembly were sent on 30 July, with the date for the opening set as 7 September. The assembly was dissolved on 5 July 1634.
The delegates attending were as follows.