Talk:Third Anglo-Dutch War

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See Triple Alliance. Unless two treaties with the same name have been made shortly after another (which a hardly likely) the reference to Triple Alliance here is a mistake. Reference removed.

Erik Zachte

I've made Triple Alliance into a disambiguation, since there seem to be several treaties going by that name.

What were the results of the War? Nik42 00:56, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

None.

--MWAK 13:12, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

It would be great to have some more sources which are available in English. 90.11.218.173 (talk) 15:06, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

seven provinces or ten?

"....leaving the Allies in possession of only three of the in fact ten (despite the number traditionally given of seven[28]) Dutch provincial areas"

Footnote 28: The Seven United Netherlands consisted of Holland, Zealand, Utrecht, Guelders, Overijsel, Friesland and Groningen, but in fact the territories of Drenthe, North Brabant and Limburg were also part of the Republic

The United Seven Provinces, as The Netherlands were formally called at this time, consisted of the seven provinces listed in the footnote. Drenthe was indeed an independent administrative area but was deemed an insignificant backwater so did not get even standing with the other provinces upon Dutch independence. Some of what is now North Brabant and Limburg was part of the Staten Landen, lands ruled directly by parliament as they had been conquered subsequent to Dutch independence from Spain. The Provinces of Drenthe and North Brabant only became provinces in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon and Limburg did not become a province until 1866. The use of Limburg would certainly not have been applied to any Dutch held lands at the time of the 3rd Anglo-Dutch War. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pytter (talk • contribs) 22:01, 19 February 2012 (UTC)