Union of Brussels

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The Union of Brussels was a 1577 political alliance of most provinces in the Habsburg Netherlands that sought to maintain unity and resist Spanish rule during the Dutch Revolt.

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Label Occurrences
Union of Brussels canonical 4
Brussels Union 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
political alliance ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
aimedTo uphold the Pacification of Ghent ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
conflict Eighty Years War ⓘ
linked to: Eighty Years' War
country Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
dissolvedBy renewed Spanish military successes ⓘ
governingBody States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Brussels Union ⓘ
linked to: Union of Brussels

Unie van Brussel ⓘ
hasEffect challenged authority of the Spanish governor-general in the Netherlands ⓘ
strengthened cooperation among rebel provinces ⓘ
hasIdeology defense of provincial liberties ⓘ
hasName Union of Brussels ⓘ
hasPoliticalCharacter anti-Spanish ⓘ
provincial alliance ⓘ
hasPurpose coordinate political and military action against royal authority ⓘ
maintain unity of the provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
resist Spanish rule ⓘ
hasSignificance attempt to keep Catholic and Protestant provinces together ⓘ
step toward separation of the northern Netherlands from Spanish rule ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early Modern period ⓘ
inception 1577 ⓘ
includes County of Flanders ⓘ
County of Holland ⓘ
County of Zeeland ⓘ
linked to: Zeeland

Duchy of Brabant ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht ⓘ
other provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
languageOfDocument Dutch ⓘ
French ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
location Brussels ⓘ
linked to: Brussels, Belgium
opposedBy Philip II of Spain ⓘ
Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain

Spanish royal government in the Netherlands ⓘ
linked to: Habsburg Spain
partOf Dutch Revolt ⓘ
linked to: Eighty Years' War
precedes Union of Utrecht ⓘ
relatedTo Pacification of Ghent ⓘ
result temporary political unity of most Netherlandish provinces ⓘ
signedBy representatives of most provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
significantEvent Dutch Revolt ⓘ
linked to: Eighty Years' War
signingPlace Brussels ⓘ
linked to: Brussels, Belgium
temporalCoverage late 16th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pacification of Ghent → followedBy → Union of Brussels ⓘ
Perpetual Edict (1577) → relatedTo → Union of Brussels ⓘ
Union of Brussels → hasName → Union of Brussels ⓘ
Union of Brussels → hasAlternativeName → Brussels Union ⓘ
linked to: Union of Brussels
Unie van Brussel → DutchNameOf → Union of Brussels ⓘ