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Union of Arras - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Bund, Accompaniment, Accord, Addition, Adjunct, Affairs, Affiliation, Affinity, Agape, Agglomeration, Agglutination, Aggregation, Agreement, Alignment, Alliance, Amalgamation, Amity, Ankle, Anschluss |
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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 Spanish Netherlands, mostly today in Wallonia and the Nord region in France, expressed their loyalty to the Spanish king Philip II and recognised the landlord, Don Juan.
The parts that signed it, were:
These parts finally ended up in support of the Spanish king Philip II together with Limburg (not to be confused with the provinces in present-day Belgium and the Netherlands) and Luxembourg, of which Alexander Farnese, the duke of Parma, started to his conquest of the separating parts that joined the Union of Utrecht.
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Example Usage of Union |
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davehind: @itsWiggins Ah hello! Yep, the Union is on twitter but it hasn't fully flourished as yet. I have plans... Sue says hi! Hows Russia? |
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LiveNYC: Wed Dec 09 Fink @ Union Hall Brooklyn http://tinyurl.com/yzmmaxp |
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notifeed: ElPais: 'La Nena' aconseja a los gitanos que inscriban su unión en el Registro Civil http://bit.ly/5BFwK4 |
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