The Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands was a short-lived sovereign principality and the precursor of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, in which it was reunited with the Southern Netherlands in 1815. The principality was proclaimed in 1813 when the victors of the Napoleonic Wars established a political reorganisation of Europe, which would eventually be defined by the Congress of Vienna. It is the direct legal ancestor of the modern Dutch state.
Key Facts
| Subject | Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands |
| Category | 1813–1815 precursor of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Reading time | 1 min · Advanced |
| Key date | 1815 |