The Estates General of 1600 was a parliamentary assembly of representatives of the constituent provinces of the

Habsburg Netherlands Habsburg Netherlands were the parts of the Low Countries that were ruled by sovereigns of the Holy Roman Empire's House of Habsburg. This rule began in 1482 and ended for the Northern Netherlands in 1581 and for the Southern Netherlands in 1797. ...

. It was the first, and only, estates general of the Netherlands convened under the authority of the Archdukes

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and

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, who arrived in the Low Countries in 1599 as the new sovereigns,

Philip II of Spain Philip II (21 May 152713 September 1598), sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent (), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and List of Sicilian monarchs, Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598. He ...

having bequeathed his territories in the Low Countries to his daughter Isabella as dowry upon her marriage to Albert. The Estates General were summoned to recognise the sovereign authority of the Archdukes, and to raise taxes to pursue the war with the Dutch rebels.

Delegates

The delegates attending were as follows.

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, ''Actes des États Généraux de 1600'' (Brussels, 1849), pp. 99–110.

References

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