League of Venice

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The League of Venice was a late 15th-century Italian and European alliance formed to resist French expansion in Italy during the Italian Wars.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
League of Venice canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defensive alliance ⓘ
military alliance ⓘ
political alliance ⓘ
aimedAgainst French invasion of Italy ⓘ
French occupation of Naples ⓘ
allianceType anti-French coalition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First Holy League of the Italian Wars ⓘ
linked to: Holy League of 1495

Holy League of 1495 ⓘ
countryInvolved Duchy of Ferrara ⓘ
Duchy of Mantua ⓘ
Duchy of Milan ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
Papal States ⓘ
Republic of Florence ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
dissolved late 1490s ⓘ
formedBy Pope Alexander VI ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
formedInContextOf First Italian War ⓘ
Italian Wars ⓘ
hasLanguage Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
hasParticipant Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ
Ludovico Sforza ⓘ
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Pope Alexander VI ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
historicalPeriod Italian Wars ⓘ
Renaissance ⓘ
inception 1495 ⓘ
location Italy ⓘ
opposedCountry Kingdom of France ⓘ
opposedMonarch Charles VIII of France ⓘ
partOf power politics of late 15th-century Europe ⓘ
politicalGoal containment of French power in Europe ⓘ
defense of Italian states’ independence ⓘ
purpose to expel French forces from the Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
to resist French expansion in Italy ⓘ
to restore the balance of power in Italy ⓘ
regionServed Italian Peninsula ⓘ
result French retreat from Naples ⓘ
temporary check on French ambitions in Italy ⓘ
significantBattle Battle of Fornovo ⓘ
significantEvent withdrawal of Charles VIII from Italy ⓘ
startTime 1495 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Fornovo → belligerent → League of Venice ⓘ
First Italian War (1494–1495) → opponent → League of Venice ⓘ