in 1560. 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: •
Flandres: the
County of Flanders (modern Dutch:
Vlaanderen; modern French:
Flandre) •
Artois or
Arthois: the
County of Artois (modern Dutch:
Artesië; modern French:
Artois) •
Haynau: the
County of Hainaut (modern Dutch:
Henegouwen; modern French:
Hainaut) •
Brabant: the
Duchy of Brabant •
Luxembourg: the
Duchy of Luxembourg (modern Dutch/German:
Luxemburg, modern Luxembourgish:
Lëtzebuerg) •
Gueldres: the
Duchy of Guelders (modern Dutch:
Gelre, predecessor of the province of
Gelderland) • ''Limbourg, Faulquemont, Daelhem et d'autres nos pays d'Outremeuse
: the Duchy of Limburg, the County of Valkenburg (modern French: Fauquemont''), the County of
Dalhem and 'our' [=Habsburg's] other
Lands of Overmaas •
Holland: the
County of Holland •
Namur: the
County of Namur (modern Dutch:
Namen) •
Frize: the
Lordship of Frisia (modern Dutch:
Friesland; modern Frisian:
Fryslân) •
Overyssel et Groeninghe: the
Lordship of Overijssel and the
Lordship of Groningen •
Uytrecht: the
Lordship of Utrecht •
Lille, Douay et Orchies: the
castellanies of
Lille (modern Dutch:
Rijsel),
Douai and
Orchies •
Zelande Bewest et Beoisterschelt: the
County of Zeeland West and East of the river
Scheldt (modern Dutch:
Zeeland Bewesten- en Beoostenschelde) •
Malines: the
Lordship of Mechelen ==See also==