Pragmatic Sanction of 1549

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Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 was an edict, promulgated by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, reorganising the Seventeen Provinces of the present-day Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg into one indivisible territory,[1] while retaining existing customs, laws, and forms of government within the provinces.[2]

It was his plan to centralize the

Habsburgs would be the heirs. By streamlining the succession law in all Seventeen Provinces and declaring that all of them would be inherited by one heir, Charles effectively united the Netherlands as one entity. After Charles' abdication in 1555, the Seventeen Provinces passed to his son, Philip II of Spain.[3]

The Pragmatic Sanction is said to be one example of the Habsburg contest with

Dutch Revolt.[4]

Territories

Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy
  Prince-Bishopric of Cambrésis

The document was written in Middle French. The following territories, collectively called nos Pays de pardeçà ("our Lands around here", meaning the Netherlands, as opposed to nos Pays de par delà, "our Lands over there", meaning the Franche-Comté and originally also the Duchy of Burgundy) are mentioned in the Pragmatic Sanction of 1549:

See also

French Wikisource has original text related to this article:
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References

  1. ^ "History of Luxembourg: Primary Documents". EuroDocs. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  2. ISBN 9781317880585
    . Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  3. ISBN 9781250015211
    . Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  4. ISBN 9781438108322
    . Retrieved 20 October 2018.
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