| Great Council | |
|---|---|
| Grote Raad / Grand Conseil / Grosse Rat | |
 The Schepenhuis in Mechelen, seat of the Great Council 1473–1477 and 1504–1609 | |
| Established | 1473 |
| Dissolved | 1794 |
| Location | Mechelen |
| President | |
From the 15th century onwards, the Great Council of the Netherlands at Mechelen (Dutch: De Grote Raad der Nederlanden te Mechelen; French: le grand conseil des Pays-Bas à Malines; German: der Grosse Rat der Niederlände zu Mecheln) was the highest court in the Burgundian Netherlands. It was responsible for the Dutch-, French- and German-speaking areas. In Luxembourgish the phrase "mir ginn op Mechelen" (we'll go to Mechelen) still means playing one's last trump card. The Grote Raad first sat in the Schepenhuis in Mechelen then, from 1616, in the (old) palace of Margaretha of Austria on Keizerstraat.