La Sainte Ligue

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La Sainte Ligue was a powerful late 16th-century French Catholic political and military alliance formed to oppose Protestant influence and shape the outcome of the French Wars of Religion.

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Label Occurrences
La Sainte Ligue canonical 1
Sainte Ligue 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic League ⓘ
political alliance ⓘ
religious league ⓘ
activeDuring French Wars of Religion ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Catholic League (France) ⓘ
Holy League ⓘ
conflict French Wars of Religion ⓘ
War of the Three Henrys ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dissolvedAfter Edict of Nantes ⓘ
endTime 1590s ⓘ
goal defense of Catholicism in France ⓘ
exclusion of Henry of Navarre from the French throne ⓘ
suppression of French Protestants ⓘ
hasPart Catholic clergy ⓘ
Parisian Catholic militants ⓘ
noble Catholic factions ⓘ
headquarters Paris ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 16th century ⓘ
ideology Counter-Reformation ⓘ
influencedEvent Day of the Barricades ⓘ
accession of Henry IV of France ⓘ
assassination of Henry I, Duke of Guise ⓘ
assassination of King Henry III of France ⓘ
inspiredBy Council of Trent ⓘ
leader Henry I, Duke of Guise ⓘ
notableMember Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon ⓘ
Duke of Mayenne ⓘ
Henry I, Duke of Guise ⓘ
notableStronghold Catholic regions of northern France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
opposed Edict of Beaulieu ⓘ
Henry of Navarre ⓘ
linked to: Henry IV of France
opposedBy Huguenots ⓘ
Politiques ⓘ
opposedReligion Protestantism ⓘ
politicalPosition ultra-Catholic ⓘ
region Kingdom of France ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
significantEvent War of the Three Henrys ⓘ
startTime 1576 ⓘ
supportedBy Philip II of Spain ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
typeOfOrganization confessional league ⓘ
usedLanguage French ⓘ

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

Liga → hasNameInFrench → Sainte Ligue ⓘ
linked to: La Sainte Ligue