Holy League (France)

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The Holy League (France) was a powerful late 16th-century Catholic political and military alliance that sought to prevent Protestant succession and dominated French politics during the Wars of Religion.

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instanceOf Catholic league
military alliance
religious-political alliance
activeInPeriod French Wars of Religion NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Catholic League (France) NERFINISHED
country Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
dateOfEventParticipation 12 May 1588
dissolutionCause Edict of Nantes NERFINISHED
assassination of Henry I, Duke of Guise
conversion of Henry IV to Catholicism
endTime 1590s
foundedBy Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine NERFINISHED
Henry I, Duke of Guise NERFINISHED
goal defend and promote Roman Catholicism in France
exclude Henry of Navarre from the succession
prevent Protestant succession to the French throne
headquarters Paris NERFINISHED
ideology Catholic ultra-royalism
influenced Catholic political movements in later French history
involvedIn Day of the Barricades NERFINISHED
language French
leader Henry I, Duke of Guise NERFINISHED
House of Guise NERFINISHED
notableEvent Day of the Barricades NERFINISHED
notableMember Duke of Mayenne NERFINISHED
Parisian Seize (Council of Sixteen) NERFINISHED
opposedGroup Huguenots NERFINISHED
opposedReligion Protestantism
opposedTo French Crown’s policy of religious toleration
Henry III of France NERFINISHED
Henry of Navarre NERFINISHED
partOf Catholic Reformation conflicts in Europe
politicalPosition far-right Catholic
primaryEnemy Huguenot political and military forces
religion Roman Catholicism
resultOfActivities intensification of the French Wars of Religion
temporary control of Paris
weakening of royal authority in France
significantReorganizationDate 1584
startTime 1576
supportedBy Catholic clergy in France
Papal States NERFINISHED
Parisian Catholic militants
Philip II of Spain NERFINISHED
Spanish Monarchy NERFINISHED

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Catholic League in France hasAlternativeName Holy League (France)