Liga

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Liga is the Spanish name commonly used to refer to the Catholic League, a powerful alliance of Catholic states formed during the French Wars of Religion to oppose Protestant influence.

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Label Occurrences
Liga canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic league ⓘ
military alliance ⓘ
religious alliance ⓘ
activeDuringCentury 16th century ⓘ
alliedWith Spain ⓘ
conflict French Wars of Religion ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
goal maintain Catholic orthodoxy in the French monarchy ⓘ
prevent accession of a Protestant king in France ⓘ
hasCharacteristic religiously motivated political movement ⓘ
transnational Catholic support ⓘ
hasName Catholic League ⓘ
hasNameInFrench Sainte Ligue ⓘ
linked to: La Sainte Ligue
hasNameInSpanish Liga ⓘ
hasType confessional league ⓘ
historicalPeriod European Wars of Religion ⓘ
ideology Counter-Reformation Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Reformation
influencedBy Catholic Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Reformation

Council of Trent ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
leader Henry I, Duke of Guise ⓘ
locatedIn France ⓘ
notableEvent Day of the Barricades ⓘ
War of the Three Henrys ⓘ
notableLeader Henry I, Duke of Guise ⓘ
opposedBy French royal government under Henry III ⓘ
supporters of Henry of Navarre ⓘ
opposedReligion Protestantism ⓘ
opposedTo French Protestants ⓘ
linked to: Huguenots

Henry of Navarre ⓘ
linked to: Henry IV of France

Huguenots ⓘ
Politiques ⓘ
future Henry IV of France ⓘ
linked to: Henri de Bourbon
partOf French Wars of Religion ⓘ
politicalPosition ultra-Catholic ⓘ
ultra-royalist (conditional on Catholic king) ⓘ
purpose defense of Catholic interests in France ⓘ
opposition to Protestant influence in France ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
roleIn War of the Three Henrys ⓘ
supportedBy House of Guise ⓘ
Philip II of Spain ⓘ
Spanish Monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Spanish monarchy
supportedBySocialGroup Catholic clergy in France ⓘ
Parisian Catholic militants ⓘ
parts of the French nobility ⓘ
usedTactics military pressure on the crown ⓘ
urban uprisings ⓘ

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