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The Holy League (Latin: Sacra Ligua) of 1684 was a coalition of European nations formed during the Great Turkish War. Born out of the Treaty of Warsaw, it was founded as a means to prevent further Ottoman expansion into Europe. This consolidation of a large portion of Europe's military might led to unprecedented military successes, with large ...
In Peter I: The Azov campaigns (1695–96) …regency, to the anti-Turkish “Holy League” of 1684 (Austria, Poland, and Venice); on the other hand, they were intended to secure the southern frontier against Tatar raids, as well as to approach the Black Sea. The first campaign ended in failure (1695), but this did not discourage Peter: he ...
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The Holy League of 1684 was a coalition of European nations formed during the Great Turkish War. Born out of the Treaty of Warsaw, it was founded as a means to prevent further Ottoman expansion into Europe. This consolidation of a large portion of Europe's military might led to unprecedented military successes, with large areas of previously ceded land recovered in Morea, Dalmatia and Danubia ...
Holy League (1571), an alliance of major Catholic maritime states which defeated the Ottomans in the Battle of Lepanto. Holy League (1594), a military alliance of Christian countries against the Ottoman Empire. Holy League (1684), composed of the Holy Roman Empire, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Venice and Russia against the Ottoman Empire.
Holy League, association of Roman Catholics during the French Wars of Religion of the late 16th century; it was first organized in 1576 under the leadership of Henri I de Lorraine, 3 e duc de Guise, to oppose concessions granted to the Protestants ( Huguenots) by King Henry III. Although the basic reason behind the League’s formation was the ...
The Holy League of 1684 was formed under the patronage of Pope Innocent XI (born Benedetto Odescalchi). Member states of the Holy League included, among others, the Habsburg Monarchy, Poland, Venice, and later the Russian Empire and several other countries. The League was founded after Vienna was defended from the last Ottoman invasion in ...
