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Quadruple Alliance may refer to:

The October 1673 alliance between the Dutch Republic, Emperor Leopold, Spain, and Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, during the Franco-Dutch War.
The 1718 alliance between Austria, France, the Netherlands, and Great Britain during the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
The Treaty of Warsaw (1745) between Great Britain, Austria, the Netherlands, and Saxony (the Quadruple Alliance) to uphold the Pragmatic Sanction, allowing Maria Theresa to succeed to the Habsburg dominions.
The Quadruple Alliance (1815) between the United Kingdom, Austria, Prussia, and Russia following the Napoleonic Wars.
The 1834 Quadruple Alliance between the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Portugal to enforce the Concession of Evoramonte.
The Quadruple Alliance (1912-1913), also known as the Balkan League, representing a system of alliances between Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Serbia
The Quadruple Alliance (1915-1918), formed when Bulgaria joined the other three Central Powers of World War I (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire).
The major Allies of World War II: the United States, Great Britain, China, and the USSR, dubbed the "Big Four" or the "Four Policemen".
In Harry Turtledove's Southern Victory Series, set in an alternate reality where the Confederate States win the American Civil War, a Quadruple Alliance (the United States, Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire), fights in an alternate Great War (1914-1917) against the Quadruple Entente (the Confederate States, Great Britain, France and Russia).

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-The term "'''Quadruple Alliance'''" refers to several historical [[military alliance]]s; none of which remain in effect.
+'''Quadruple Alliance''' may refer to:
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+* {{anchor|1673}} The October 1673 alliance between the Dutch Republic, Emperor Leopold, Spain, and Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, during the [[Franco-Dutch War]].
+*{{anchor|1718}} The 1718 alliance between Austria, France, the Netherlands, and Great Britain during the [[War of the Quadruple Alliance]].
+*{{anchor|1745}} The [[Treaty of Warsaw (1745)]] between Great Britain, Austria, the Netherlands, and Saxony (the Quadruple Alliance) to uphold the Pragmatic Sanction, allowing Maria Theresa to succeed to the Habsburg dominions.
+*{{anchor|1815}} The [[Quadruple Alliance (1815)]] between the United Kingdom, Austria, Prussia, and Russia following the Napoleonic Wars.
+*{{anchor|1834}} The [[1834 Quadruple Alliance]] between the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Portugal to enforce the [[Concession of Evoramonte]].
+* The [[Quadruple Alliance (1912-1913)]], also known as the ''Balkan League'', representing a system of alliances between Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Serbia
+* The [[Quadruple Alliance (1915-1918)]], formed when Bulgaria joined the other three [[Central Powers]] of World War I (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire).
+* The major [[Allies of World War II]]: the United States, Great Britain, China, and the USSR, dubbed the "Big Four" or the "[[Four Policemen]]".
+* In [[Harry Turtledove|Harry Turtledove's]] [[Southern Victory Series]], set in an alternate reality where the Confederate States win the [[American Civil War]], a [[Central Powers|Quadruple Alliance]] (the United States, Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire), fights in an alternate Great War (1914-1917) against the [[Triple Entente|Quadruple Entente]] (the Confederate States, Great Britain, France and Russia).
+== See also ==
-# The Quadruple Alliance of August 1673 was an alliance between the [[Holy Roman Empire]], the Kingdom of [[Spain]], [[Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine]], and the [[Dutch Republic|United Provinces]] of the Netherlands, in the context of the [[Franco-Dutch War]]. It is often incorrectly assumed the fourth partner was not the Duke of Lorraine but the Electorate of [[Brandenburg]], which indeed joined the alliance, but only in July 1674.
+* [[Triple Alliance (disambiguation)]]
-# The Quadruple Alliance of 1718 was an alliance between [[Austria]], [[France]], the [[Dutch Republic]] and [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] - aimed at revising (principally at [[Spain]]'s expense) the [[treaty|treaties]] which ended the [[War of the Spanish Succession]]. See: [[War of the Quadruple Alliance]].
+* [[Quintuple Alliance]]
-# The Quadruple Alliance of 1745 was formed between the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|United Kingdom]], the [[Dutch Republic]], [[Saxony]] and [[Austria]] in the later stages of the [[War of the Austrian Succession]].
-# The [[Quadruple Alliance (1815)|Quadruple Alliance]] of March 1813 (renewed on [[November 20]], [[1815]]); between the [[United Kingdom]], [[Austria]], [[Prussia]], and [[Russia]], aimed at upholding the settlement following the [[Napoleonic Wars]]: with France's admission in 1818, it became the [[Quintuple Alliance]], though British government distaste for the other allies' reactionary policies meant that it lapsed into ineffectiveness after the mid-1820s.
-# The Quadruple Alliance of April 1834 was formed by the [[United Kingdom]], [[France]], [[Spain]], and [[Portugal]] to support queen [[Isabella II of Spain]] against her uncle [[Infante Carlos, Count of Molina|Don Carlos, Count of Molina]], who claimed the Spanish throne under the succession law of 1714-1830, and queen [[Maria II of Portugal]] (represented by her father [[Pedro I of Brazil|Pedro, 18th Duke of Braganza]], former Emperor of Brazil and King of Portugal) against her uncle [[Miguel of Portugal]], who proclaimed himself absolute king before the [[Liberal Wars|Portuguese Liberal War]].
-# "Quadruple Alliance" was also used as an alternative term for the [[Central Powers]] of [[World War I]], it consisting of [[Germany]], [[Austria-Hungary]], the [[Ottoman Empire]] and [[Bulgaria]].
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-==See also==
-* [[Sixth Coalition]]
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