Franco-Ottoman alliance

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The Franco-Ottoman alliance was an unprecedented 16th-century diplomatic and military partnership between Catholic France and the Muslim Ottoman Empire, aimed primarily at counterbalancing Habsburg power in Europe and the Mediterranean.

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Italian War of 1542–1546 hasAlliance Franco-Ottoman alliance
Francis I of France signed Franco-Ottoman alliance