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After the County Of Flanders and all Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands came under the rule of the Dukes Of Burgundy , the States of Flanders were the first host of the States-General Of The Netherlands , on January 9, 1464 in Bruges .

In 1579–1580, during the Eighty Years' War , the cities and the States of Flanders joined Dutch independence declaration ( Union Of Utrecht and Oath Of Abjuration ), but Spanish troups reconquered most of the Flemish territory and restored Spanish catholic rule (except for Zeeuws-Vlaanderen ).

On Januari 4, 1790, the States of Flanders again declared independence, this time from Austrian Imperial Rule , and seven days later, on Januari 11, 1790, joined the United States Of Belgium . All Southern Netherlands "States" disappeared four years later, during French Revolutionary occupation.