Holy Alliance
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The Holy Alliance was a coalition of major European monarchies formed after the Napoleonic Wars to preserve conservative order and suppress revolutionary movements across the continent.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Holy Alliance treaty | 1 |
| Sainte-Alliance | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical coalition
ⓘ
political alliance ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Holy Alliance
ⓘ
surface form:
Sainte-Alliance
|
| basedOnDocument |
Holy Alliance
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Holy Alliance treaty
|
| cooperatedWith | Concert of Europe ⓘ |
| criticizedBy | liberal thinkers in 19th-century Europe ⓘ |
| dateFounded | 1815 ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 26 September 1815 ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| deFactoLeader |
Alexander I of Russia
ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| diplomaticFramework | Concert of Europe system ⓘ |
| foundedAfter |
Congress of Vienna
ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Alexander I of Russia ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
ⓘ
surface form:
Austrian Empire
Kingdom of France ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of France (nominally)
Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| historicalEra | post-Napoleonic era ⓘ |
| ideology |
Christian monarchism
ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian principles
ⓘ
Restoration politics ⓘ |
| languageOfTreaty | French ⓘ |
| locationSigned | Paris ⓘ |
| longTermEffect | temporary stabilization of conservative regimes in Europe ⓘ |
| membershipType | coalition of monarchies ⓘ |
| notableIntervention |
intervention in Piedmont-Sardinia
ⓘ
intervention in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ⓘ suppression of revolutions of 1820–1821 ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
liberalism
ⓘ
nationalism ⓘ republicanism ⓘ |
| partOf |
Restoration period in Europe
ⓘ
surface form:
Restoration Europe
|
| politicalCharacter | reactionary alliance ⓘ |
| purpose |
defense of monarchical legitimacy
ⓘ
preservation of conservative order in Europe ⓘ suppression of revolutionary movements in Europe ⓘ |
| regionServed | Europe ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
1848 revolutions
ⓘ
surface form:
Revolutions of 1848
|
| signedBy |
Alexander I of Russia
ⓘ
Francis I of Austria ⓘ Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Frederick William III of Prussia
|
| soughtToMaintain | balance of power in Europe ⓘ |
| usedInstrument | intervention in other states ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sainte-Alliance
this entity surface form:
Holy Alliance treaty