Holy League against the Turks

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The Holy League against the Turks was a 16th-century coalition of Catholic maritime powers, led by Spain and the Papal States, formed to confront and defeat the Ottoman Empire, most notably at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 16th-century alliance ⓘ
Catholic coalition ⓘ
military alliance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Holy League (1571) ⓘ
Holy League of 1571 ⓘ
battleDate 7 October 1571 ⓘ
commander Don John of Austria ⓘ
Marcantonio Colonna ⓘ
Sebastiano Venier ⓘ
commandStructure Don John of Austria ⓘ
conflict Ottoman–Habsburg wars ⓘ
dissolutionCause divergent interests of member states after Lepanto ⓘ
formationYear 1571 ⓘ
formedTo confront the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
defend Christian Europe from Ottoman expansion ⓘ
foundedBy Pope Pius V ⓘ
geographicFocus Adriatic Sea ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
historicalPeriod 16th century ⓘ
ideology defense of Latin Christendom ⓘ
leaderState Papal States ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
legacy enhanced Spanish influence in the Mediterranean ⓘ
strengthened prestige of the Papacy ⓘ
majorBattle Battle of Lepanto ⓘ
memberState Duchy of Parma ⓘ
Duchy of Savoy ⓘ
Duchy of Urbino ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Knights of Malta ⓘ
linked to: Knights Hospitaller

Papal States ⓘ
Republic of Genoa ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
militaryType naval coalition ⓘ
navalTheater Gulf of Patras ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
notableFor victory at the Battle of Lepanto ⓘ
opponent Ottoman Empire ⓘ
politicalContext Counter-Reformation ⓘ
primaryEnemy Ottoman fleet ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman navy
religiousCharacter Catholic ⓘ
resultOfBattleOfLepanto decisive Christian naval victory ⓘ
halted Ottoman naval dominance in the western Mediterranean ⓘ
sponsoredBy Papacy ⓘ
Spanish Monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Spanish monarchy
supportedBy Pope Pius V ⓘ
symbolicSignificance turning point in Christian–Ottoman naval warfare ⓘ

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Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) → significantEvent → formation of the Holy League (1571) ⓘ
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Holy League (1571) → hasAlternativeName → Holy League of 1571 ⓘ
subject linked to: Holy League
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Holy League (1571) → hasAlternativeName → Holy League against the Turks ⓘ
subject linked to: Holy League
Marcantonio Colonna → participantIn → Holy League–Ottoman War ⓘ
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Holy League (1684) → follows → Holy League (1571) ⓘ
subject linked to: Holy League
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Battle of Navarino (1572) → partOf → Holy League–Ottoman naval operations ⓘ
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Juan de Austria → conflict → Mediterranean campaign against the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
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Pope Alexander VIII → supported → Holy League against the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
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Ottoman conquest of Cyprus → relatedTo → Holy League (1571) ⓘ
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Ottoman–European conflicts → hasPart → Holy League (1571) campaigns ⓘ
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Lepanto → associatedWithAlliance → Holy League (1571) ⓘ
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Holy League against the Turks → alsoKnownAs → Holy League of 1571 ⓘ
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Holy League against the Turks → alsoKnownAs → Holy League (1571) ⓘ
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Sacra Liga → relatedTo → Holy League of 1571 ⓘ
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Suleiman II → conflict → War against the Holy League ⓘ
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