Grand Alliance

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

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Grand Alliance canonical 52
Grand Alliance of 1689 1
Grand Alliance of 1701 1

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Statements (41)

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

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

Danube campaign of 1704 belligerent Grand Alliance
Franco-Bavarian army opponent Grand Alliance
Siege of Mons (1709) combatant Grand Alliance
France and Bavaria opposed Grand Alliance