War of the Quadruple Alliance

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18th-century conflict European war war

The War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718–1720) was a European conflict in which Britain, France, Austria, and the Dutch Republic allied to curb Spanish attempts to regain territories lost after the War of the Spanish Succession.

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Label Occurrences
War of the Quadruple Alliance canonical 35
France in the War of the Quadruple Alliance 1
Mediterranean theater of the War of the Quadruple Alliance 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century conflict ⓘ
European war ⓘ
war ⓘ
aim to maintain the European balance of power ⓘ
to prevent Spain from revising the Treaty of Utrecht settlement ⓘ
alliance Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
surface form: Quadruple Alliance War
combatant Austria ⓘ
Dutch Republic ⓘ
France ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Savoy ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
concludedBy Treaty of London (1718) ⓘ
Treaty of The Hague (1720) ⓘ
countryInvolved Austria ⓘ
Dutch Republic ⓘ
France ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
endTime 1720 ⓘ
followed War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
followedBy War of the Polish Succession ⓘ
formedAllianceOf Great Britain, France, Austria, and the Dutch Republic ⓘ
hasCause Spanish attempt to recover Italian territories lost after the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
Spanish invasion of Sardinia in 1717 ⓘ
Spanish invasion of Sicily in 1718 ⓘ
hasParticipant Duchy of Savoy ⓘ
Dutch Republic ⓘ
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early 18th century ⓘ
location Italy ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Sardinia ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
opposingCommander Cardinal Giulio Alberoni ⓘ
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope ⓘ
Philip V of Spain ⓘ
Prince Eugene of Savoy ⓘ
Victor Amadeus II of Savoy ⓘ
partOf European balance of power conflicts ⓘ
result Quadruple Alliance victory ⓘ
Spanish defeat ⓘ
significantEvent Austrian campaign in Sicily ⓘ
Battle of Cape Passaro ⓘ
French invasion of northern Spain (1719) ⓘ
startTime 1718 ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

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

War of the Spanish Succession → followedBy → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
War of the Quadruple Alliance → alsoKnownAs → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quadruple Alliance War
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor → participatedIn → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick → participatedIn → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
Jacobite rising of 1719 → hasTheater → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
Spanish invasion of Sardinia in 1717 → conflictOf → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
Spanish invasion of Sardinia in 1717 → partOf → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
Treaty of The Hague (1720) → endedConflict → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
Battle of Cape Passaro → conflict → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
Battle of Cape Passaro → partOf → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
Battle of Cape Passaro → triggered → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
Austrian campaign in Sicily → partOf → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
Austrian campaign in Sicily → theaterOfWar → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean theater of the War of the Quadruple Alliance
Cardinal Giulio Alberoni → participantIn → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
subject surface form: Giulio Alberoni
Treaty of London (1718) → relatedConflict → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
French invasion of northern Spain (1719) → partOf → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
French invasion of northern Spain (1719) → conflict → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
French invasion of northern Spain (1719) → hasCause → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
French invasion of northern Spain (1719) → historicalPeriod → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
this entity surface form: War of the Quadruple Alliance era
Quadruple Alliance → relatedConflict → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
subject surface form: Quadruple Alliance (1718)
Quadruple Alliance → causeOf → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
subject surface form: Quadruple Alliance (1718)
War of the Polish Succession → precededBy → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729) → follows → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
Treaty of Seville → follows → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair → notableEvent → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
French Regency (1715–1723) → foreignPolicy → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
Battle of Glen Shiel → associatedWith → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
Franco-Spanish border wars → includesConflict → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham → conflict → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
Spanish invasion of Sicily (1718) → conflict → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
Spanish invasion of Sicily (1718) → partOf → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
George Byng commanded the British fleet → conflict → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
subject surface form: George Byng
Antonio de Gaztañeta commanded the main Spanish squadron → conflict → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
subject surface form: Antonio de Gaztañeta
Antonio de Gaztañeta commanded the main Spanish squadron → partOf → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Cape Passaro
Cape Passaro → historicalPeriodOfImportance → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
Habsburg–Spanish conflicts in Italy → hasPart → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
French crossing of the Pyrenees → conflict → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
French crossing of the Pyrenees → hasCause → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
French crossing of the Pyrenees → conflictSide → War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
this entity surface form: France in the War of the Quadruple Alliance