League of Cambrai

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early modern political alliance military alliance

The League of Cambrai was an early 16th-century anti-Venetian alliance of major European powers, including France, the Papal States, and the Holy Roman Empire, formed to curb the territorial expansion of the Republic of Venice.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
War of the League of Cambrai	11
Italian War of 1508–1516	2
Fourth Italian War	1
French occupation of Milan	1
League of Cambrai (1508)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	early modern political alliance ⓘ military alliance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Cambrai League ⓘ Holy League against France ⓘ surface form: Holy League of Cambrai
battleOccurredInYear	1509 ⓘ
conflictBeganInYear	1508 ⓘ
conflictEndedInYear	1516 ⓘ
consequence	Pope Julius II ⓘ surface form: Pope Julius II later shifted policy to oppose France
countryOfFormation	Kingdom of France ⓘ
diplomaticNature	secret agreement at time of formation ⓘ
dissolvedInYear	1510 ⓘ
formedInYear	1508 ⓘ
formedOnDate	10 December 1508 ⓘ
hasMember	Duchy of Ferrara ⓘ Duchy of Mantua ⓘ Duchy of Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Savoy ⓘ Florence ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Aragon NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ Papal States ⓘ
historicalEra	early 16th century ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Italian Wars ⓘ
keyFigure	Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ Louis XII of France ⓘ Emperor Maximilian I ⓘ surface form: Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor Pope Julius II ⓘ
locationOfFormation	Cambrai ⓘ
mainAdversary	Republic of Venice ⓘ
namedAfter	Cambrai ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Agnadello ⓘ
opposedBy	Venetian army ⓘ
opposedTo	Republic of Venice ⓘ
organizedBy	Louis XII of France ⓘ Pope Julius II ⓘ
purpose	to curb the territorial expansion of the Republic of Venice ⓘ to partition Venetian mainland territories ⓘ
region	Europe ⓘ
relatedAlliance	Holy League against France ⓘ surface form: Holy League (1511)
relatedConflict	League of Cambrai self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: War of the League of Cambrai
resultedIn	realignment of Italian alliances ⓘ temporary territorial losses for Venice ⓘ
startOfConflict	League of Cambrai self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: War of the League of Cambrai
targetedEntity	Republic of Venice ⓘ surface form: Venetian Republic
theatreOfOperations	Northern Italy ⓘ Venetian mainland territories ⓘ
treatyOrAgreement	Treaty of Cambrai ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Cambrai (1508)