Triple Alliance (1668)

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anti-French coalition defensive pact military alliance treaty

The Triple Alliance of 1668 was a defensive pact between England, the Dutch Republic, and Sweden formed to check French expansion under Louis XIV during the War of Devolution.

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Label Occurrences
Triple Alliance 3
Triple Alliance (1668) canonical 3
Triple Alliance (England, Dutch Republic, Sweden) 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defensive pact ⓘ
military alliance ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
aimedToCheck French expansion ⓘ
Louis XIV of France ⓘ
characterizedAs short-lived alliance ⓘ
contextOf War of Devolution ⓘ
countryInvolved France ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
dateSigned 1668 ⓘ
diplomaticRole mediation between France and Spain ⓘ
endedBy Treaty of Dover (1670) ⓘ
geopoliticalFocus Franco-Spanish borderlands ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Netherlands
hasAlternativeName Triple Alliance (1668) ⓘ
surface form: Triple Alliance of 1668
hasEffect demonstrated England’s role as a mediator in continental politics ⓘ
limited French gains in the War of Devolution ⓘ
strengthened Dutch security against France ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Charles II of England ⓘ
Charles XI of Sweden ⓘ
Johan de Witt ⓘ
Louis XIV of France ⓘ
hasLanguage Dutch ⓘ
French ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
hasParticipant Dutch Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Sweden
hasPurpose to contain French territorial gains in the Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
to pressure France into negotiations ⓘ
hasSignatory Dutch Republic ⓘ
England ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
hasTerm defensive mutual assistance ⓘ
military support if mediation failed ⓘ
obligation to mediate between France and Spain ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early Modern period ⓘ
influenced Dutch foreign policy under Johan de Witt ⓘ
foreign policy of Charles II of England ⓘ
isPartOf European balance of power politics in the 17th century ⓘ
isTypeOf anti-French coalition ⓘ
opposedBy France ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of France
opposedPolicyOf Louis XIV’s expansionist policy ⓘ
precedes Franco-Dutch War ⓘ
relatedConflict Franco-Dutch War ⓘ
resultedIn Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) ⓘ
signedIn The Hague ⓘ
signedOn 23 January 1668 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dutch Republic → alliance → Triple Alliance (1668) ⓘ
Triple Alliance (1668) → hasAlternativeName → Triple Alliance (1668) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Triple Alliance of 1668
Kingdom of Italy → alliance → Triple Alliance (1668) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Triple Alliance
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) → mediatedBy → Triple Alliance (1668) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Triple Alliance (England, Dutch Republic, Sweden)
War of Devolution → hasOpposingForce → Triple Alliance (1668) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Triple Alliance
War of Devolution → opposedBy → Triple Alliance (1668) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Triple Alliance
United Provinces → memberOf → Triple Alliance (1668) ⓘ
Devolution War → involves → Triple Alliance (1668) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Triple Alliance of the Dutch Republic, England, and Sweden
Treaties of the Dutch Republic → notableExample → Triple Alliance (1668) ⓘ
French invasion of Franche-Comté (1668) → hasRelatedEvent → Triple Alliance (1668) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Treaty of the Triple Alliance (1668)
French campaign in the Spanish Netherlands (1667) → involved → Triple Alliance (1668) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Triple Alliance (England, Dutch Republic, Sweden)