, ▁Ze eland , ▁Gel der land , ▁U tre cht , ▁F ries land , ▁Over ij ss el ▁and ▁G ron ingen . ▁ ▁The ▁Republic ' s ▁lands ▁also ▁included ▁Dr ent he ▁( one ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 7 , ▁but ▁without ▁the ▁autonom ous ▁status ▁of ▁the ▁others ), ▁and ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁Duch y ▁of ▁B rab ant , ▁Duch y ▁of ▁Lim burg ▁and ▁County ▁of ▁Fland ers , ▁which ▁were ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁" con quer ed ▁lands " ▁and ▁were ▁govern ed ▁directly ▁by ▁the ▁States ▁General , ▁hence ▁their ▁name ▁Gener ality ▁Land s . ▁They ▁were ▁called ▁Staats - B rab ant , ▁Staats - L im burg ▁and ▁Staats - V la ander en , ▁meaning ▁" g overn ed ▁by ▁the ▁States ▁General ". ▁Each ▁of ▁these ▁" N ether lands " ▁had ▁a ▁high ▁degree ▁of ▁aut onomy , ▁co oper ating ▁with ▁each ▁other ▁mainly ▁on ▁defense ▁and ▁foreign ▁relations , ▁but ▁otherwise ▁keeping ▁to ▁their ▁own ▁affairs . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 ▁January ▁ 1 7 9 6 , ▁under ▁the ▁Bat av ian ▁Republic , ▁Dr ent he ▁and ▁Staats - B rab ant ▁became ▁the ▁e ighth ▁and ▁nin th ▁provinces ▁of ▁the ▁Netherlands . ▁The ▁latter , ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁known ▁as ▁B ata af s ▁B rab ant ▁( English : ▁Bat av ian ▁B rab ant ), ▁changed ▁its ▁name ▁to ▁No ord ▁B rab ant , ▁North ▁B rab ant ,