Treaty of Arras (1579)

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Treaty of Arras (1579)

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The '''Treaty of Arras''' of 17 May 1579 was a peace treaty concluded between the [[Monarchy of Spain|Spanish Crown]], represented by [[Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma]], and representatives of the [[County of Hainaut]], the [[County of Artois]], and the cities of [[Douai]], [[Lille]], [[Orchies]] and [[Arras]], all members of the [[Union of Arras]], that had been formed the previous January, at the [[Abbey of St Vaast]] in Arras. It formally ended the state of war that had existed between these entities after the Spanish Crown had withdrawn its consent from the [[Pacification of Ghent]] and resumed hostilities when Farnese became royalist [[List of governors of the Habsburg Netherlands|Governor General of the Habsburg Netherlands]] in 1579, in competition with the archduke [[Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor|Matthias]], who had been appointed as Governor-General by the [[States General of the Netherlands]].
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[[Category: Eighty Years' War]]
[[Category:History of the Netherlands]]
[[Category:History of Belgium]]
[[Category:History of Spain]]

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