Treaty of The Hague (1720)

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The Treaty of The Hague (1720) was a peace agreement that ended the War of the Quadruple Alliance by confirming the European territorial settlement established after the War of the Spanish Succession and curbing Spanish ambitions in Italy.


Statements (39)
Predicate Object
instanceOf international treaty
peace treaty
aimedTo maintain European balance of power
appliesToTerritory Habsburg Monarchy territories
Italian Peninsula
Spanish Empire
category 18th-century treaties
Peace treaties of Spain
Treaties of The Hague
concludedIn 1720
confirmedSettlementOf War of the Spanish Succession
countrySignatory Dutch Republic
Habsburg Monarchy
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of Great Britain
Kingdom of Spain
diplomaticContext post-War of the Spanish Succession settlement
endedConflict War of the Quadruple Alliance
followedBy later 18th-century diplomatic settlements in Europe
hasConsequence recognition of earlier peace treaties
stabilization of Italian political order
temporary reduction of Spanish military activity in Europe
hasEffect confirmation of post-Utrecht territorial arrangements
curbing Spanish expansion in Italy
hasSubject European territorial settlement
Habsburg–Spanish relations
Italian territories
Spanish foreign policy
historicalPeriod 18th century
languageOfDocument French
Latin
limitedAmbitionsOf Spain in Italy
locatedInPresentDay Netherlands
partOf European balance of power diplomacy
relatedTo Quadruple Alliance
Treaty of Rastatt (1714)
Treaty of Utrecht (1713)
signedAt The Hague
typeOfAgreement multilateral treaty

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