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I have got an idea for an alternate history for the Low Countries. I need a map of the idea for a novel I am going to write, so you would really help me a lot I you would make one. (I am new here, so if I make a mistake - sorry...)
(Please show states, capital cities and 'major' other cities.)

Federation of the Low Countries (Federatie van de Lage Landen)
(Note: please use an old blank map in which there are no dikes, bridges and polders, so no Flevoland and many more islands in Zeeland, a good map to use is this one: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Political_map_of_the_Low_Countries_%281350%29-NL.svg)
(Furthermore, please give Dutch names in the map – written between brackets behind the English name – because I need the map for a Dutch novel I am going to write)
The Federation of the Low Countries has two capital cities: Brussels is the legislative and administrative capital, while Utrecht is the juridical capital city.

Grand Duchy of Great Frisia and Groningen (Groothertogdom Groot Friesland en Groningen)
Like on this map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Frisians.png, but then without the areas in Holland, Brabant and Zeeland, and without areas that are in the Duchy of Oldenburg (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Oldenburg). Also, plus the rest of the modern province of Groningen (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groningen_(province)), the rest of the Duchy of Aremberg (see http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hannover_1807.png ) and the rest of the Emsland region (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emsland). Besides, do not forget North Frisia in Denmark (see the first map mentioned). The islands that belong to it are only Ameland and Schiermonnikoog, and all island that belong to East Frisia and all other island that belong to Frisia, east of Schiermonnikoog.
The capital is Leeuwarden.

County of the Veluwe (Graafschap van de Veluwe)
Use the region as on this map: http://wildlife.hetdierenrijk.nl/natuur/foto/kaartvandeveluwe.gif. This means that it includes areas of the modern provinces of Gelderland, Overijssel and Utrecht. Please also include the cities at the edges, but not Zwolle, Deventer and Zutphen, so only Arnhem, Wageningen, Scherpenzeel and Amersfoort (of course also Apeldoorn, but this is right in the middle).
The capital is Apeldoorn.

Principality of the Betuwe (Vorstendom Betuwe)
It is very difficult to specify this region. Actually, everything is fine, as long as it is near the dot on this map: http://www.tripsinnederland.nl/images/maps/map_region_44.gif and as long as it fits a bit with this map: http://www.swaen.com/zoomamo.php?id=16836. Anyway, just use these municipalities and it is fine with me: Buren, Culemborg, Geldermalsen, Lingewaal, Lingewaard, Neder-Betuwe, Neerijnen, Overbetuwe en Tiel.
The capital is Tiel

Lordship of Twente (Heerlijkheid Twente)
The region of Twente as on this map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Twente-Position.png. The capital is Enschede.

Principality of Guelders (Prinsdom Gelre)
Just the modern province of Gelderland: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Gelderland_in_the_Netherlands.svg&page=1, but without areas of the Veluwe and Achterhoek. The capital is Nijmegen.

Duchy of the Achterhoek (Hertogdom van de Achterhoek)
See this map: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:LocatieAchterhoek.svg&page=1 and the capital is Winterswijk.


Margraviate of Limburg (Markgraafschap Limburg)
Both Limburg in the Netherlands and in Belgium: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Limburg_in_the_Netherlands.svg&page=1 plus http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:provincie_Limburg_in_Belgium.svg&page=1. The capital is Maastricht.

County of Drenthe (Graafschap Drenthe)
Just the modern province of Drenthe: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Drenthe_in_the_Netherlands.svg&page=1.

County of Brabant (Graafschap Brabant)
Like on this map, roughly: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Low_Countries_Locator_Brabant.svg&page=1 with Antwerp ("Antwerpen" in Dutch) as capital.

Duchy of the IJssel (Hertogdom van de IJssel)
Remaining parts of the modern province of Overijssel (so without the Betuwe, Achterhoek and Veluwe areas), see this map: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Overijssel_in_the_Netherlands.svg&page=1. The capital is Zwolle.

Landgraviate of Greater Luxembourg (Landgraafschap Groter Luxemburg)
Everything on this map that in history once belonged to the modern country: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LuxembourgPartitionsMap_english.png. The capital is the city of Luxembourg ("Luxemburg" in Dutch).

Archduchy of Zeeland (Aartshertogdom Zeeland)
All islands of Zeeland, with Goeree-Overflakkee as well. Please use an old map, because back then there were many more small islands. The capital is Middelburg.

Electorate of Flanders (Keurvorstendom Vlaanderen)
Just as on this map (so also with areas of modern France, but without the islands! These belong to Zeeland!), with Brugge as capital: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Locator_County_of_Flanders_(1350).svg&page=1

Graviate of Urk and Schokland (Graafschap van Urk en Schokland)
Only these two islands in the Zuiderzee. See this map: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Political_map_of_the_Low_Countries_%281350%29-NL.svg. The capital is the city of Urk.

Grand Duchy of Utrecht (Groothertogdom Utrecht)
Only the modern province of Utrecht, with Utrecht as capital: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Utrecht_in_the_Netherlands.svg&page=1.

Bishopric of Holland (Prinsbisdom Holland)
Like here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Low_Countries_Locator_Holland.svg&page=1. But then without the islands in the very south near Zeeland; these belong to Zeeland and also without the islands in the Zuiderzee, but with the island of Griend, and with the islands of Texel and Vlieland, ánd Terschelling! The capital is Amsterdam

State of Bentheim (Staat Bentheim)
Just as the historic County of Bentheim, as on this map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Bentheim. The capital is today's Bad Bentheim, but called "Bentheim".

County of Berg (Graafschap Berg)
Like on this map: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Locator_Duchy_of_Berg_(1560).svg&page=1 and its capital is Düsseldorf

Duchy of Gulik (Hertogdom Gulik)
The Duchy of Gulik is identical to the historical Duchy of Jülich, as on this map: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Locator_Duchy_of_J%C3%BClich_(1560).svg&page=1.
The capital is Gulik (Jülich in German and English).

Picardy (Picardië)
Just like here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:picardie_in_France.svg&page=1, with Amiens as capital.

County of Hainaut (Graafschap Henegouwen)
Roughly like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Hainaut, but without Cambrai certainly (and a bit of creativity, so not sticking exactly to that map, is appreciated as well). (Maybe also plus the Tournaisis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tournai_and_the_Tournaisis.) The capital is the city of Mons, called "Bergen" in Dutch.

State of Burgundy (Staat Bourgondië)
This state corresponds to together the Duchy of Burgundy and the Palatinate (County) of Burgundy on this map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Karte_Haus_Burgund_4_EN.png. The capital is Besançon, but also show Dijon.

Lotharingia (Lotharingen)
The region of Lorraine (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_(region)) but without areas of Luxembourg and others. The capital is Nancy, but also show Metz and Verdun.

State of Wallonia (Staat Wallonië)
The State of Wallonia is the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, see http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Low_Countries_Locator_Prince-Bischopric_of_Liege.svg&page=1 plus the County of Namur; see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HainautNamur1477.png ("Namen", in Dutch – please add this city too though it is not the capital). The capital is Liège.

Artois (Artesië)
On this map, you can see Artois, which will have Atrecht as capital – I know this city is called Arras nowadays, but the Dutch name is Atrecht: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VlaanderenArtesie1477.png.

Cambrai (Kamerijk)
Use this map: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Locator_Prince-Bishopric_of_Cambrai_(1350).svg. The capital is "Kamerijk" (Cambrai in French, English and many other languages).

Duchy of Cleves-Duisburg (Hertogdom Kleef-Duisburg)
See this map: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Locator_Duchy_of_Cleves_(1560).svg&page=1 and the capital is Duisburg, of course.

Principality of the Ruhr (Vorstendom van de Ruhr)
The Principality of the Ruhr is based on the Ruhr area in Germany, as on this map: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Locator_map_RVR_in_Germany.svg&page=1. However, it does not include the areas that belong to the Duchy of Cleves-Duisburg and the County of Berg. The Principality of the Ruhr therefore misses the cities of Duisburg and Düsseldorf. By the way, the river the Ruhr where the principality is named after should not be confused with the river the Rur! And the capital city of the Principality of the Ruhr is Dortmund.

County of Münster (Graafschap Munster)
As the Prince-Bishopric of Münster on this map: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Locator_Prince-Bishopric_of_M%C3%BCnster_(1560).svg&page=1.

Important notes:
The German areas of present Belgium belong to Germany, but Germany is also kind of Balkanised, so call the border country in the east "Germaanse Staten" ("Germanic States") and in the south "Frankrijk" (France).



Thanks a lot!!!:)
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