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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