League of Venice

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The League of Venice was a late 15th-century Italian and European alliance formed to resist French expansion in Italy during the Italian Wars.

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Label Occurrences
League of Venice canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defensive alliance
military alliance
political alliance
aimedAgainst French invasion of Italy
French occupation of Naples
allianceType anti-French coalition
alsoKnownAs First Holy League of the Italian Wars
linked to: Holy League of 1495

Holy League of 1495
countryInvolved Duchy of Ferrara
Duchy of Mantua
Duchy of Milan
Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Spain
Papal States
Republic of Florence
Republic of Venice
dissolved late 1490s
formedBy Pope Alexander VI
Republic of Venice
formedInContextOf First Italian War
Italian Wars
hasLanguage Italian
Latin
hasParticipant Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ludovico Sforza
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
Pope Alexander VI
Republic of Venice
historicalPeriod Italian Wars
Renaissance
inception 1495
location Italy
opposedCountry Kingdom of France
opposedMonarch Charles VIII of France
partOf power politics of late 15th-century Europe
politicalGoal containment of French power in Europe
defense of Italian states’ independence
purpose to expel French forces from the Kingdom of Naples
to resist French expansion in Italy
to restore the balance of power in Italy
regionServed Italian Peninsula
result French retreat from Naples
temporary check on French ambitions in Italy
significantBattle Battle of Fornovo
significantEvent withdrawal of Charles VIII from Italy
startTime 1495

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Battle of Fornovo belligerent League of Venice
First Italian War (1494–1495) opponent League of Venice