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During the Eighty Years' War the Generality Lands came (or stayed) under control of the Dutch republic, and this situation was consolidated by the Treaty Of Westphalia in 1648 . Most of the territories had no provincial government because they were cut off from their original mainland, which remained under Spanish Rule . The Prefix ''Staats-'' indicates that this part of the province was under general ''States rule'', more or less like a Crown Dependency .
After the French occupation of the Southern Netherlands and the proclamation of the Batavian Republic in 1795 the Generality Lands ceased to exist. Staats-Brabant became a Département in the Batavian Republic (Bataafs-Brabant). Staats-Vlaanderen became part of the French département Escaut . Staats-Limburg and Staats-Oppergelre became parts of the Frenchs départements Roer , Meuse-Inférieure and Ourte . When French rule ended and the United Kingdom Of The Netherlands was created, none of the Generality lands returned. Bataafs-Brabant was merged with a number of formerly semi-independent Fief s and part of the province of Holland to become Noord-Brabant ; Staats-Vlaanderen was incorporated into the province of Zeeland ; and most parts of Staats-Oppergelre and Staats-Limburg were merged with territories gained from Prussia to form the province of Limburg , with the rest going to Prussia. Territories of the Dutch republic outside Europe were also under general ''States rule'', for example Staten Island in present-day New York City and Argentina . EXTERNAL LINK |
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