Catholic League
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organization
Key facts
- Dates of operation
- 1576 ( 1576 ) –1577 ( 1577 ) 1584 ( 1584 ) –1595 ( 1595 )
- Allegiance
- Crown of France ( de jure ) Crown of Spain ( de facto )
- Motives
- Edict of Beaulieu
- Headquarters
- Paris and Péronne
- Ideology
- Anti-Protestantism Counter-Reformation Defense of the Catholic Church in France Opposition to the Reformed Church of France
- Size
- Unknown
- Allies
- Spain Papal States Jesuits
- Opponents
- Politiques Huguenots Malcontents
- Battles and wars
- Battle of Vimory Battle of Arques Day of the Barricades Battle of Ivry Siege of Paris Siege of Rouen Siege of Caudebec Battle of Craon Siege of Morlaix Battle of Fontaine-Française
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- organization
- Participant in
- War of the Three Henrys
- Image
- Procession de la Ligue dans l'île de la Cité.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ligue catholique (France)
- described by source
- The Catholic Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedic overview
The Catholic League of France (French: Ligue catholique), sometimes referred to by contemporary (and modern) Catholics as the Holy League (La Sainte Ligue), was a major participant in the French Wars of Religion. The League, founded and led by Henry I, Duke of Guise, intended the eradication of Protestantism from Catholic France, as well as the replacement of the French King Henry III, who had acquiesced to Protestant worship in the Edict of Beaulieu (1576). The League also fought against Henry of Navarre, the Protestant prince who became presumptive heir to the French throne in 1584.
Pope Sixtus V, Philip II of Spain, and the Jesuits were all supporters of this Catholic party.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Catholic League” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.