Union of Utrecht

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founding document historical treaty political alliance

The Union of Utrecht was a 1579 treaty uniting several northern Dutch provinces into a defensive alliance that became the constitutional foundation of the Dutch Republic.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Union of Utrecht canonical	19
Groningen joined the Union of Utrecht	1
Unie van Utrecht	1
Union of Utrecht (1579)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	founding document ⓘ historical treaty ⓘ political alliance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Union of Utrecht ⓘ surface form: Unie van Utrecht
appliesToJurisdiction	Northern Netherlands ⓘ
country	Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
countryCreated	Dutch Republic ⓘ surface form: Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
created	States General of the Netherlands ⓘ surface form: States General of the Netherlands as common institution
dateSigned	1579-01-23 ⓘ
dissolvedBy	Batavian Republic ⓘ surface form: Batavian Revolution
established	loose confederation of provinces ⓘ
followedBy	Act of Abjuration ⓘ
hasEffect	constitutional basis of the United Provinces ⓘ foundation of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
hasPurpose	defensive alliance against Spanish rule ⓘ political union of northern provinces ⓘ
hasShortDescription	1579 treaty uniting northern Dutch provinces in a defensive alliance ⓘ
influenced	constitutional development of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
inForceUntil	1795 ⓘ
inspiredBy	earlier provincial alliances in the Low Countries ⓘ
language	Dutch ⓘ Latin ⓘ
legalStatus	constitutional charter of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
limitedPowersOf	central government ⓘ
locationSigned	Utrecht ⓘ
opposedBy	Philip II of Spain ⓘ Habsburg Spain ⓘ surface form: Spanish Monarchy
partOf	Eighty Years' War ⓘ surface form: Dutch Revolt
predecessor	Pacification of Ghent ⓘ
presentDayLocation	Netherlands ⓘ
religiousPolicy	provincial freedom of religion ⓘ toleration for different Christian denominations ⓘ
reservedPowersTo	provincial estates ⓘ
signatory	City of Bruges ⓘ Ghent ⓘ surface form: City of Ghent Second Battle of Ypres ⓘ surface form: City of Ypres County of Holland ⓘ Zeeland ⓘ surface form: County of Zeeland Drenthe, Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Drenthe Duchy of Guelders ⓘ Lordship of Friesland ⓘ Lordship of Groningen ⓘ Lordship of Utrecht ⓘ Overijssel ⓘ
significantFor	emergence of Dutch independence from Spain ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentEstablished	federal republic ⓘ
yearSigned	1579 ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

Dutch Republic → foundedBy → Union of Utrecht ⓘ

Eighty Years' War → keyEvent → Union of Utrecht ⓘ

Seventeen Provinces → significantEvent → Union of Utrecht ⓘ

Old Catholic Church in the Philippines → communion → Union of Utrecht ⓘ

Pacification of Ghent → followedBy → Union of Utrecht ⓘ

Union of Utrecht → alsoKnownAs → Union of Utrecht ⓘ

this entity surface form: Unie van Utrecht

Habsburg Netherlands → significantEvent → Union of Utrecht ⓘ

Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic → partOf → Union of Utrecht ⓘ

Act of Abjuration → predecessor → Union of Utrecht ⓘ

States of Holland and West Friesland → memberOf → Union of Utrecht ⓘ

Lordship of Utrecht → endEvent → Union of Utrecht ⓘ

Union of Arras → opposedTo → Union of Utrecht ⓘ

Union of Arras → chronologicallyRelatedTo → Union of Utrecht ⓘ

Pacificatione Gandavensi → followedBy → Union of Utrecht ⓘ

Siege of Groningen (1594) → outcome → Union of Utrecht ⓘ

this entity surface form: Groningen joined the Union of Utrecht

Union of Brussels → precedes → Union of Utrecht ⓘ

Dutch Reformation → significantEvent → Union of Utrecht ⓘ

Treaty of Arras (1579) → opposedTo → Union of Utrecht ⓘ

Treaty of Arras (1579) → chronologicallyRelatedTo → Union of Utrecht ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union of Utrecht (1579)

Protestant provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands → significantEvent → Union of Utrecht ⓘ

Utrecht, Netherlands → hasHistoricalEvent → Union of Utrecht ⓘ

subject surface form: Utrecht

Unie van Brussel → relatedTo → Union of Utrecht ⓘ