Map of the Spanish Netherlands, the Union of Utrecht and the Union of Arras (1579)

The Union of Atrecht (French: Arras) was an accord signed on January 6, 1579 in Atrecht (Arras), under which the southern states of the Spanish Netherlands, today in Wallonia and the Nord-Pas-de-Calais (and Picardy) régions in France, expressed their loyalty to the Spanish king Philip II and recognised the landlord, Don Juan. It is to be distingushed from the Union of Utrecht, signed later in the same month. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (599x687, 173 KB) Please see the file description page for further information. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (599x687, 173 KB) Please see the file description page for further information. ... Events January 6 - The Union of Atrecht united the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma, governor in the name of king Philip II of Spain. ... January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 6 - The Union of Atrecht united the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma, governor in the name of king Philip II of Spain. ... Arras is a town and commune in northern France, préfecture (capital) of the Pas-de-Calais département. ... The Seventeen Provinces were a personal union of states in the Low Countries in the 16th century, roughly covering the current Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, a good part of the North of France (Artois, Nord) and a small part of Germany. ... Wallonia (French: Wallonie) or the Walloon Region (French: Région Wallonne) is the predominantly French-speaking region that constitutes one of the three federal regions of Belgium, with its capital at Namur. ... Capital Lille Area 12,414 km² Regional President Daniel Percheron ( PS) (since 2001) Population   - 2004 estimate   - 1999 census   - Density (Ranked 4th) 4,026,000 3,996,588 324/km² (2004) Arrondissements 13 Cantons 156 Communes 1,546 Départements Nord Pas-de-Calais The administrative region of Nord-Pas-de... Coat of arms of Picardy Picardy (French: Picardie) is an historical province of France, in the north of France. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Don Juan is a legendary fictional libertine, whose story has been told many times by different authors. ... The Union of Utrecht (Dutch: Unie van Utrecht) is a treaty signed on January 23, 1579 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, unifying the northern provinces of the Netherlands, until then under control of Spain. ...

These were the conditions:

• There should be no more garrisons of foreign troops;
• The Council of State should be organised like that of the time of Charles V;
• Two thirds of the council members should be installed by all member states consenting.
• All privileges that were in force before the Dutch Revolt should be reinstated.
• Catholicism was the only religion. Any other religion (i.e. Calvinism) should be abolished.

The regions that signed it were: The Council of State is the name of an organ of government in many states, and especially in republics. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Eighty Years War, or Dutch Revolt from 1568 to 1648 was the secession war in which the proto-Netherlands first became an independent country. ... This article considers Catholicism in the broadest ecclesiastical sense. ... Calvinism is a system of Christian theology and an approach to Christian life and thought, articulated by Theodore Beza, a Protestant Reformer in the 16th century, and subsequently by successors, associates, followers and admirers of Beza and his interpretation of Scripture. ...

• County of Hainaut
• Artois
• Lille, Douai and Orchies (Walloon Flanders)

Artois is now an integral part of France. Lille is now mostly part of France. The County of Hainaut is now part of the Belgian provinces of Hainaut and Namur and the French Oise and Nord départements. The virtually independent county of Hainaut emerged from chaotic conditions at the end of the 9th century as a semi-independent state, at first a vassal of the crown of Lotharingia. ... Artois is a former province of northern France. ... City motto: – City proper (commune) Région Nord-Pas de Calais Département Nord (59) Mayor Martine Aubry (PS) (since 2001) Area 39. ... Douai is a city and commune in the north of France in the département of Nord, of which it is a sous-préfecture. ... ... Hainaut (Dutch: Henegouwen; Ger. ... Namur (Dutch: Namen) is a province of Wallonia and of Belgium. ... Oise is a département in the north of France named after the Oise River. ... Nord may refer to: Places Nord (département), in France Nord, Greenland Nord Region, Burkina Faso Nord Department, Haiti Note: Nord means North in German and French. ...

These parts finally ended up in support of the Spanish king Philip II. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The regions that favoured the Union, but did not sign it, were Namur, Luxembourg and the Duchy of Limburg. Limburg should not to be confused with the provinces in present-day Belgium and the Netherlands: Belgian Limburg was part of the Bishopric of Liège and while historical Limburg partly coincides with present day Dutch Limburg, it was smaller then. Alexander Farnese, the duke of Parma, started his conquest of the separatist parts (members of the Union of Utrecht) in these parts. The Duchy of Limburg was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries, located between the river Meuse and the city of Aachen. ... Limburg is the easternmost province of Flanders (which is one of the three regions of Belgium), and is located west of the Meuse river. ... The Bishopric of Liège or Prince-Bishopric of Liège was a state of the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire in present Belgium. ... Capital Maastricht Queens Commissioner L.J.P.M. (Leon) Frissen Religion (1999) Protestant 3% Catholic 80% Area  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water   2. ... Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (1545 - 1592) was the son of Duke Ottavio Farnese, duke of Parma and Margaret, the illegitimate daughter of the Habsburg Emperor Charles V. Thus Alessandro was the nephew of Philip II of Spain and of Don John of Austria. ... The Duchy of Parma was a small Italian state between 1545 and 1802, and again from 1814 to 1860. ... The Union of Utrecht (Dutch: Unie van Utrecht) is a treaty signed on January 23, 1579 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, unifying the northern provinces of the Netherlands, until then under control of Spain. ...