Union of Brussels

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historical event political alliance treaty

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Brussels Union	1

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 ⓘ surface form: Eighty Years War
country	Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
dissolvedBy	renewed Spanish military successes ⓘ
governingBody	States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Union of Brussels ⓘ surface form: Brussels Union 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 self-link ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Holland ⓘ County of Zeeland NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ Bishopric of Utrecht ⓘ surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht other provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
languageOfDocument	Dutch ⓘ French ⓘ Latin ⓘ
location	Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
opposedBy	Philip II of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Crown of Spain ⓘ surface form: Spanish Crown Habsburg Spain ⓘ surface form: Spanish royal government in the Netherlands
partOf	Eighty Years' War ⓘ surface form: Dutch Revolt
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	Eighty Years' War ⓘ surface form: Dutch Revolt
signingPlace	Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
temporalCoverage	late 16th century ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Pacification of Ghent → followedBy → Union of Brussels ⓘ

Union of Brussels → hasAlternativeName → Union of Brussels ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brussels Union

Union of Brussels → hasName → Union of Brussels self-link ⓘ

Perpetual Edict (1577) → relatedTo → Union of Brussels ⓘ