Grand Alliance

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European coalition military alliance

The Grand Alliance was a major European coalition formed in the late 17th century to oppose the expansionist policies of Louis XIV’s France.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Grand Alliance of 1689	1
Grand Alliance of 1701	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European coalition ⓘ military alliance ⓘ
aimedTo	contain French territorial expansion ⓘ restore balance of power in Europe ⓘ
category	17th-century military alliances ⓘ Nine Years' War alliances ⓘ
dissolvedAfter	Treaty of Ryswick ⓘ
formedInYear	1689 ⓘ
formedToOppose	Louis XIV of France ⓘ expansionist policies of France ⓘ
geographicScope	Central Europe ⓘ Western Europe ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Grand Alliance ⓘ surface form: Grand Alliance of 1689 League of Augsburg ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	Charles II of Spain ⓘ Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
hasLeader	William III of England ⓘ
hasMember	Austria ⓘ Bavaria ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Brandenburg-Prussia Dutch Republic ⓘ England ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Savoy ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Spain ⓘ Various German princes ⓘ
historicalContext	post–Thirty Years' War European power politics ⓘ
influenced	development of the balance of power doctrine in Europe ⓘ
opposed	Jacobite supporters of James II ⓘ France ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of France
opposedPolicyOf	absolutism of Louis XIV ⓘ
participatedInConflict	Nine Years' War ⓘ Nine Years' War ⓘ surface form: War of the Grand Alliance
predecessor	League of Augsburg ⓘ
relatedToTreaty	Treaty of Ryswick ⓘ Treaty of Vienna (1689) ⓘ
succeededBy	Grand Alliance self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grand Alliance of 1701
timePeriod	Nine Years' War ⓘ surface form: Nine Years' War era late 17th century ⓘ

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

Battle of Malplaquet → alliance → Grand Alliance ⓘ

Battle of Marsaglia (1693) → alliance → Grand Alliance ⓘ

Dutch Republic → alliance → Grand Alliance ⓘ

Prince of Waldeck → alliance → Grand Alliance ⓘ

League of Augsburg → alsoKnownAs → Grand Alliance ⓘ

Audenarde → battleBelligerent → Grand Alliance ⓘ

Battle of Blenheim → belligerent → Grand Alliance ⓘ

Blindheim → belligerent → Grand Alliance ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Blenheim

Battle of Fleurus (1690) → belligerent → Grand Alliance ⓘ

Battle of Landen (Neerwinden) (1693) → belligerent → Grand Alliance ⓘ

Malplaquet → belligerent → Grand Alliance ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Malplaquet

Battle of Marsaglia (1693) → belligerent → Grand Alliance ⓘ

Battle of Oudenarde → belligerent → Grand Alliance ⓘ

Battle of Ramillies → belligerent → Grand Alliance ⓘ

Battle of Steinkirk (1692) → belligerent → Grand Alliance ⓘ

Siege of Namur (1692) → belligerent → Grand Alliance ⓘ

Siege of Tournai (1709) → belligerent → Grand Alliance ⓘ

Treaty of Ryswick → belligerent → Grand Alliance ⓘ

Siege of Namur (1692) → garrisonSide → Grand Alliance ⓘ

Grand Alliance → hasAlternativeName → Grand Alliance ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grand Alliance of 1689

Nine Years' War → hasPrimaryBelligerent → Grand Alliance ⓘ

Churchill government → memberOf → Grand Alliance ⓘ

Battle of Marsaglia (1693) → opponentOf → Grand Alliance ⓘ

War of the Spanish Succession → opposedBy → Grand Alliance ⓘ

Allied army under Marlborough and Eugene → partOf → Grand Alliance ⓘ

French invasion of the Rhineland → relatedTo → Grand Alliance ⓘ

Treaty of Vienna (1689) → relatedTo → Grand Alliance ⓘ

Grand Alliance → succeededBy → Grand Alliance self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grand Alliance of 1701