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Union of Arras
The
Union of Arras
(
Dutch
:
Unie van Atrecht
,
Spanish
:
Unión de Arrás
) was an accord signed on 6 January 1579 in
Arras
, under which the southern states of the
Netherlands
, today in the
Wallonia
region of
Belgium
and the
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
(and
Picardy
)
régions
in
France
, expressed their loyalty to the
Spanish
king
Philip II
and recognized his Governor-General,
Don Juan of Austria
. It is to be distinguished from the
Union of Utrecht
, signed later in the same month.
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