Treaty of Arras (1579)

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historical event peace treaty

The Treaty of Arras (1579) was an agreement between the Spanish Crown and several southern provinces of the Low Countries that reaffirmed their loyalty to King Philip II during the Dutch Revolt, deepening the political and religious split with the northern provinces.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Peace of Arras (1579)	1
Treaty of Arras (1579) canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ peace treaty ⓘ
affectedTerritory	Low Countries ⓘ Southern Netherlands ⓘ
category	16th-century treaties ⓘ Treaties of the Dutch Republic ⓘ surface form: Treaties of the Eighty Years' War
chronologicallyRelatedTo	Union of Arras ⓘ surface form: Union of Arras (1579) Union of Utrecht ⓘ surface form: Union of Utrecht (1579)
confirmedLoyaltyTo	Philip II of Spain ⓘ Spanish monarchy ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Treaty of Arras (1579) ⓘ surface form: Peace of Arras (1579)
hasContext	Eighty Years' War ⓘ surface form: Dutch Revolt Eighty Years' War ⓘ
hasDate	1579-05-17 ⓘ
hasMonarch	Philip II of Spain ⓘ
hasYear	1579 ⓘ
isPartOf	history of Belgium ⓘ history of Spain ⓘ history of the Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ history of the Netherlands ⓘ
language	French ⓘ Latin ⓘ
mainPurpose	to end rebellion in the southern Low Countries ⓘ to reconcile southern provinces with Philip II ⓘ
namedAfter	Arras ⓘ
opposedTo	Union of Utrecht ⓘ
partyTo	City of Douai ⓘ County of Artois ⓘ County of Hainaut ⓘ Habsburg Spain ⓘ surface form: Spanish Crown Wallonia ⓘ surface form: Walloon provinces
precedes	Act of Abjuration ⓘ
relatedTo	Union of Arras ⓘ
religiousPolicy	recognition of Roman Catholicism as sole religion in signatory provinces ⓘ
resultedIn	political split between northern and southern Low Countries ⓘ reaffirmation of loyalty of southern provinces to Philip II ⓘ religious split between northern and southern Low Countries ⓘ
signedBy	Union of Arras ⓘ representatives of King Philip II of Spain ⓘ southern provinces of the Low Countries ⓘ
signedIn	Arras ⓘ County of Artois ⓘ Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
stipulated	restoration of traditional provincial privileges ⓘ upholding of Catholicism in the southern provinces ⓘ withdrawal of Spanish troops from certain areas ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Union of Arras → followedBy → Treaty of Arras (1579) ⓘ

Treaty of Arras (1579) → hasAlternativeName → Treaty of Arras (1579) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peace of Arras (1579)