League of Venice

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The League of Venice was a late 15th-century Italian and European alliance formed to resist French expansion in Italy during the Italian Wars.

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Label Occurrences
League of Venice canonical 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defensive alliance
military alliance
political alliance
aimedAgainst French invasion of Italy NERFINISHED
French occupation of Naples
allianceType anti-French coalition
alsoKnownAs First Holy League of the Italian Wars NERFINISHED
Holy League of 1495 NERFINISHED
countryInvolved Duchy of Ferrara NERFINISHED
Duchy of Mantua NERFINISHED
Duchy of Milan NERFINISHED
Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Kingdom of England NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED
Papal States NERFINISHED
Republic of Florence NERFINISHED
Republic of Venice NERFINISHED
dissolved late 1490s
formedBy Pope Alexander VI NERFINISHED
Republic of Venice NERFINISHED
formedInContextOf First Italian War NERFINISHED
Italian Wars NERFINISHED
hasLanguage Italian
Latin
hasParticipant Ferdinand II of Aragon NERFINISHED
Ludovico Sforza NERFINISHED
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
Pope Alexander VI NERFINISHED
Republic of Venice NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Italian Wars NERFINISHED
Renaissance NERFINISHED
inception 1495
location Italy
opposedCountry Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
opposedMonarch Charles VIII of France NERFINISHED
partOf power politics of late 15th-century Europe
politicalGoal containment of French power in Europe
defense of Italian states’ independence
purpose to expel French forces from the Kingdom of Naples
to resist French expansion in Italy
to restore the balance of power in Italy
regionServed Italian Peninsula NERFINISHED
result French retreat from Naples
temporary check on French ambitions in Italy
significantBattle Battle of Fornovo NERFINISHED
significantEvent withdrawal of Charles VIII from Italy
startTime 1495

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Battle of Fornovo belligerent League of Venice
First Italian War (1494–1495) opponent League of Venice