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Union of Atrecht
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Image:Map-1579 Union of Utrecht.png right|thumb|Map of the Spanish Netherlands, the Union of Utrecht and the Union of Arras ([[1579)]]
The '''Union of Atrecht''' (French: '''Arras''') was an accord signed on
January 6,
1579 in Atrecht (
Arras), under which the southern states of the
Seventeen Provinces Spanish Netherlands, today in
Wallonia and the
Nord-Pas-de-Calais (and
Picardy) ''régions'' in
France, expressed their loyalty to the
Spain Spanish king
Philip II of Spain Philip II and recognised the landlord,
Don Juan. It is to be distingushed from the
Union of Utrecht, signed later in the same month.
These were the conditions:
*There should be no more garrisons of foreign troops;
*The
Council of State should be organised like that of the time of
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V;
*Two thirds of the council members should be installed by all member states consenting.
*All privileges that were in force before the
Dutch Revolt should be reinstated.
*
Catholicism was the only religion. Any other religion (i.e.
Calvinism) should be abolished.
The regions that signed it were:
*
County of Hainaut
*
Artois
*
Lille,
Douai and
Orchies (
Walloon Flanders)
Artois is now an integral part of France. Lille is now mostly part of France. The County of Hainaut is now part of the
Belgium Belgian provinces of
Hainaut and
Namur (province) Namur and the French
Oise and
Nord ''départements''.
These parts finally ended up in support of the Spanish king
Philip II of Spain Philip II.
The regions that favoured the Union, but did not sign it, were Namur,
Luxembourg and the
Duchy of Limburg. Limburg should not to be confused with the provinces in present-day Belgium and the
Netherlands:
Limburg (Belgium) Belgian Limburg was part of the
Bishopric of Liège and while historical Limburg partly coincides with present day
Limburg (Netherlands) Dutch Limburg, it was smaller then.
Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza Alexander Farnese, the
duke of Parma, started his conquest of the separatist parts (members of the
Union of Utrecht) in these parts.
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Category:Former polities in the Netherlands
Category:Eighty Years' War
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es:Unión de Arras
nl:Unie van Atrecht
fr:Union d'Arras
pl:Unia z Arras 1579
pt:União de Atrecht
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