Holy League (1571)
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The Holy League of 1571 was arranged by Pope Pius V and included the major Catholic maritime states in the Mediterranean except the Holy Roman Empire and France. It was intended to break the Ottoman Turks' control of the eastern Mediterranean Sea and was formally concluded on 25 May 1571. Its members were:
- the Papal States under Pius V,
- Habsburg Spain under Philip II (including Naples and Sicily),
- the Republic of Venice,
- the Republic of Genoa,
- the Knights of Malta,
- the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the Order of Saint Stephen under Cosimo I de' Medici,
- the Duchy of Savoy under Emmanuel Philibert,
- the Duchy of Urbino under Guidobaldo II della Rovere,
- the Duchy of Parma under Ottavio Farnese.
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See also
- Holy League of Pope Clement VIII
- Great Siege of Malta
- Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–73)
- Battle of Lepanto order of battle
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