The Privy Council or Secret Council (, ) was one of the highest government institutions of the Habsburg Netherlands. Based in Brussels, it was particularly charged with legal and administrative questions.
The Council was founded on 1 October 1531 by Emperor Charles V, as one of the three "collateral councils" alongside the Council of State and Council of Finances. He prescribed a president, eight councillors, and a secretary.
Philip V of Spain abolished the council in 1702, but it was later restored by the archduchess-governess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen and finally abolished by the Brabant Revolution.