Habsburg–English alliance

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The Habsburg–English alliance was a mid-16th-century political and military partnership between the Habsburg monarchy and England, notably aligning them against France during the Italian Wars.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Anglo-Spanish alliance 1
Habsburg–English alliance canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic alliance ⓘ
military alliance ⓘ
political alliance ⓘ
appliesToPeriod Reformation era ⓘ
linked to: Reformation

Tudor period ⓘ
linked to: Tudor England
conflict Italian War of 1542–1546 ⓘ
Italian War of 1551–1559 ⓘ
Italian Wars ⓘ
diplomaticFocus containment of French power ⓘ
protection of English interests in the Low Countries ⓘ
support of Habsburg claims in Italy ⓘ
hasCause balance of power politics ⓘ
dynastic interests of the Habsburgs ⓘ
rivalry with France ⓘ
territorial ambitions of England in France ⓘ
hasCharacteristic anti-French orientation ⓘ
influenced by dynastic marriages ⓘ
intermittent cooperation ⓘ
shaped by religious and political tensions of the Reformation ⓘ
hasEffect English involvement in continental warfare ⓘ
coordination of land and naval operations ⓘ
episodes of joint sieges and campaigns ⓘ
increased Habsburg influence in European politics ⓘ
military campaigns against France ⓘ
pressure on French positions in Italy ⓘ
shifting diplomatic alignments in Europe ⓘ
strengthening of Habsburg position against Valois France ⓘ
temporary Anglo-Habsburg cooperation ⓘ
hasLocation English Channel ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Low Countries ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
hasOpponent Kingdom of France ⓘ
hasPart Anglo-Imperial alliance ⓘ
Anglo-Spanish alliance ⓘ
hasParticipant Habsburg monarchy ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
historicalContext age of dynastic warfare ⓘ
early modern Europe ⓘ
historicalRegion Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
relatedTo Habsburg foreign policy ⓘ
Habsburg–Valois Wars ⓘ
Italian Wars ⓘ
Tudor foreign policy ⓘ
startTime mid-16th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Italian War of 1551–1559 → involvedAlliance → Habsburg–English alliance ⓘ
Habsburg–English alliance → hasPart → Anglo-Spanish alliance ⓘ
linked to: Habsburg–English alliance