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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional act
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
Pragmatic Sanction of 1549
surface form: "Pragmatic Sanction of 1548"

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Seventeen Provinces createdBy Pragmatic Sanction of 1549
Lord of the Netherlands hasLegalBasis Pragmatic Sanction of 1549
Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 relatedTo Pragmatic Sanction of 1549
this entity surface form: "Pragmatic Sanction of 1548"
Burgundian Netherlands significantEvent Pragmatic Sanction of 1549
Habsburg Netherlands significantEvent Pragmatic Sanction of 1549

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