La Sainte Ligue

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La Sainte Ligue was a powerful late 16th-century French Catholic political and military alliance formed to oppose Protestant influence and shape the outcome of the French Wars of Religion.

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La Sainte Ligue canonical 1
Sainte Ligue 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic League
political alliance
religious league
activeDuring French Wars of Religion
alsoKnownAs Catholic League (France)
Holy League
conflict French Wars of Religion
War of the Three Henrys
country France
dissolvedAfter Edict of Nantes
endTime 1590s
goal defense of Catholicism in France
exclusion of Henry of Navarre from the French throne
suppression of French Protestants
hasPart Catholic clergy
Parisian Catholic militants
noble Catholic factions
headquarters Paris
historicalPeriod late 16th century
ideology Counter-Reformation
influencedEvent Day of the Barricades
accession of Henry IV of France
assassination of Henry I, Duke of Guise
assassination of King Henry III of France
inspiredBy Council of Trent
leader Henry I, Duke of Guise
notableMember Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon
Duke of Mayenne
Henry I, Duke of Guise
notableStronghold Catholic regions of northern France
Paris
opposed Edict of Beaulieu
Henry of Navarre
linked to: Henry IV of France
opposedBy Huguenots
Politiques
opposedReligion Protestantism
politicalPosition ultra-Catholic
region Kingdom of France
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
significantEvent War of the Three Henrys
startTime 1576
supportedBy Philip II of Spain
Spain
typeOfOrganization confessional league
usedLanguage French

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Liga hasNameInFrench Sainte Ligue
linked to: La Sainte Ligue