Provinces
In the declaration, these provinces are mentioned (in order of appearance):
- Brabant
- Gelre
- Vlaanderen (Flandre / Flanders)
- Holland
- Zeeland
- Friesland
- Mechelen
- Utrecht
The provinces of Groningen and Overijssel (which included Drenthe) also seceded but are not separately mentioned as they strictly speaking were not separate entities but parts of Gelre and Utrecht, respectively. Large parts of Flanders and Brabant were later occupied again by the Spanish king.
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