Union of Arras

When

16 Jan 1579

Kind

Treaty

Coordinates

50.29° N, 2.78° E

Description

16th-century alliance of Netherlands provinces

16th-century alliance of Netherlands provinces, also called the Union of Atrecht

The Union of Arras was an alliance between the County of Artois, the County of Hainaut and the city of Douai in the Habsburg Netherlands in early 1579 during the Eighty Years' War. Dissatisfied with the religious policies of rebel leader Prince of Orange and the States General of the Netherlands, and especially the rise of the radical Calvinist Republic of Ghent since October 1577, they signed a declaration on 6 Janu…

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• Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Union of Arras unites the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma, governor in the name of king Philip II of Spain”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Katholische südliche Provinzen schließen sich zur Union von Arras in den Spanischen Niederlanden zusammen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “union d'Arras”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “подписана Аррасская уния”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Firma de la Unión de Arrás por las provincias leales a Felipe II.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page