Catholic League in France

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The Catholic League in France was a powerful late 16th-century ultra-Catholic political and military alliance that sought to prevent Protestant succession and dominated French politics during the Wars of Religion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic league
Catholic organization
military alliance
political alliance
religious league
activeDuring French Wars of Religion
activeIn France
baseOfOperations Paris
country Kingdom of France
dissolved early 17th century
endCause conversion of Henry of Navarre to Catholicism
political reconciliation under Henry IV
goal defend and promote Roman Catholicism in France
exclude Henry of Navarre from the succession
prevent Protestant succession to the French throne
hasAlternativeName Holy League (France)
La Sainte Ligue
headquarters Paris
ideology ultra-Catholicism
influencedBy Counter-Reformation
involvedIn Day of the Barricades in Paris in 1588
leader Duke of Mayenne
surface form: Charles, Duke of Mayenne

Henry I, Duke of Guise
notableMember House of Guise
Parisian Catholic clergy
Parisian militant confraternities
opposedBy Henry III of France
Henry IV of France
surface form: Henry of Navarre

Politiques
opposedTo Huguenots
Protestantism
partOf French Wars of Religion
politicalPosition far-right (early modern confessional politics)
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
significantEvent Day of the Barricades
Edict of Nantes
War of the Three Henrys
assassination of Henry I, Duke of Guise
assassination of King Henry III of France
formation in 1576 after the Peace of Monsieur
renewal in 1584 after the death of Francis, Duke of Anjou
Siege of Paris (1590)
surface form: siege of Paris (1590)
startTime 1576
supportedBy Papal States
Philip II of Spain
Spanish monarchy
surface form: Spanish Monarchy
usedMethod military campaigns
political pressure on the monarchy
urban insurrection

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Clement VIII supported Catholic League in France
Pope Pius V supported Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League
Day of the Barricades mainBelligerent Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League
Charles IX of France associatedWithConflict Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League
Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598) hasParticipant Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League (France)
Jeanne d’Albret opponent Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: French Catholic League
Henry I, Duke of Guise politicalFaction Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League
House of Guise politicalAlignment Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League
La Henriade criticizes Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League
Henry III of France conflictWith Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League
relief of Rouen (1592) participant Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League (France)
Catholic League precededBy Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League of 1576 in France
Journée des Barricades relatedTo Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League (France)
de Coligny opposedGroup Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: French Catholic League
Battle of Fontaine-Française belligerent Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League (France)
Charles Maximilian associatedWith Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League (France)
House of Mayenne associatedWith Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League (France)
Battle of Arques belligerent Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League (France)
Battle of Arques combatant Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Forces of the Catholic League under Charles of Mayenne
Anna d’Este politicalAlignment Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League (France)
Battle of Ivry combatant Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League forces
Battle of Ivry involvedFaction Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League (France)
Innocent IX supported Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League (France)
Duchy of Guise associatedWithEvent Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League (France)
Duke of Mayenne associatedWith Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League (France)
House of Montmorency politicalAlignment Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League of France
Louis II, Cardinal of Guise participantIn Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League (France)
Louis II, Cardinal of Guise supported Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League (France)
Duchess of Guise associatedWith Catholic League in France
Jacques Clément memberOf Catholic League in France
this entity surface form: Catholic League (France)