Pragmatic Sanction of 1549
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The Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 was an imperial decree by Charles V that unified his scattered Burgundian and Habsburg territories in the Low Countries into a single, hereditary political entity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 canonical | 6 |
| Pragmatic Sanction of 1548 | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional act
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imperial decree ⓘ legal instrument ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Burgundian Netherlands
ⓘ
surface form:
Burgundian territories in the Low Countries
County of Artois ⓘ Drenthe ⓘ
surface form:
County of Drenthe
County of Flanders ⓘ County of Hainaut ⓘ County of Holland ⓘ Namur ⓘ
surface form:
County of Namur
Zeeland ⓘ
surface form:
County of Zeeland
County of Zutphen ⓘ Duchy of Brabant ⓘ Duchy of Guelders ⓘ Duchy of Limburg ⓘ Duchy of Luxembourg ⓘ Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
surface form:
Habsburg territories in the Low Countries
Lordship of Friesland ⓘ Lordship of Groningen ⓘ
surface form:
Lordship of Groningen and Ommelanden
Lordship of Mechelen ⓘ Lordship of Overijssel ⓘ Lordship of Tournai and Tournaisis ⓘ Low Countries ⓘ Lordship of Utrecht ⓘ
surface form:
Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht (secularized territories)
Seventeen Provinces ⓘ |
| country | Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ |
| date | 1549 ⓘ |
| effect |
bound the Seventeen Provinces to remain united under one ruler
ⓘ
created a single, hereditary political entity in the Low Countries ⓘ strengthened dynastic control of the Habsburgs over the Low Countries ⓘ |
| follows | earlier Burgundian centralization policies ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
contributed to later constitutional tensions in the Low Countries
ⓘ
limited the ability of individual provinces to separate from the composite state ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Early Modern period ⓘ |
| issuedBy |
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
ⓘ
Charles I of Spain ⓘ
surface form:
Charles V, King of Spain
|
| jurisdiction |
Seventeen Provinces
ⓘ
surface form:
Seventeen Provinces of the Low Countries
|
| language |
Latin
ⓘ
Middle Dutch ⓘ |
| legalStatus | hereditary law of succession ⓘ |
| locationOfEnactment | Augsburg ⓘ |
| partOf |
Habsburg dynastic policy
ⓘ
constitutional history of the Low Countries ⓘ |
| purpose |
to establish the Seventeen Provinces as a single, indivisible inheritance
ⓘ
to regulate succession in the Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ to unify Burgundian and Habsburg territories in the Low Countries into a single political entity ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Burgundian Circle
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Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Pragmatic Sanction of 1548
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Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pragmatic Sanction of 1548