Holy League
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Holy League may refer to:
- Holy League (1495), AKA "League of Venice", alliance of several opponents of French hegemony in Italy, arranged by Pope Alexander VI
- League of Cambrai, anti-Venetian alliance that included Louis XII of France, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, and Ferdinand I of Spain, created by Pope Julius II
- Holy League (1538)Holy League (1538)The Holy League of 1538 was a short-lived alliance of Christian states arranged by Pope Paul III at the urging of the Republic of Venice.In 1537 the Ottoman corsair and admiral Barbarossa Hayreddin, Pasha of Algiers, had nearly captured the Venetian stronghold of Corfu and ravaged the coasts of...
, a short-lived alliance of Christian states arranged by Pope Paul III at the urging of the Republic of Venice - Holy League (1571), arranged by Pope Pius V and included almost all the major Catholic maritime states in the Mediterranean
- Holy League (1684)Holy League (1684)Holy League of 1684 was initiated in by Pope Innocent XI, and composed of the Holy Roman Empire, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Venetian Republic. Tsardom of Russia joined the League in 1686. This alliance opposed the Ottoman Empire in the Great Turkish War and lasted until the Treaty...
, started by Pope Innocent XI, composed of the Holy Roman Empire, Poland-Lithuania and the Venetian Republic - Holy League (1717)Holy League (1717)The Holy League of 1717 was one of many coalitions organised by the Papal States to deal with the Ottoman threat.This last one comprised Portugal, the Republic of Venice and Malta.-Background:...
, an ad hoc coalition organised by the Pope allying the Papal States to Portugal, Venice and Malta against the Ottoman Empire and which resulted in the Battle of MatapanBattle of MatapanThe naval Battle of Matapan took place on 19 July 1717 off the Cape Matapan, on the coast of the Mani Peninsula in southern Greece, between the combined naval forces of Venice, Portugal, the Papal States and Malta and the Ottoman fleet, under Kapudan Pasha... - One of the Catholic Leagues