The Southern Netherlands were sought after by numerous French conquerors and were the theatre of most Franco-Spanish and Franco-Austrian wars during the 17th and 18th centuries.

南荷兰地区是在被大量的法国人入侵后进而开发的，在17 - 18世纪也上演过佛朗哥-西班牙和佛朗哥-奥地利等主要战争。

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In 1922, the League of Nations appointed a commissioner-general Alfred Zimmerman of the Netherlands to oversee in minute detail Austrian government policies and spending as the price for the financial support it was receiving from other governments (including Spain and Italy).

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