Back حرب التحالف الرباعي Arabic Guerra de la Cuádruple Alianza AST Война на четворния съюз Bulgarian Guerra de la Quàdruple Aliança Catalan Válka čtverné aliance Czech Krieg der Quadrupelallianz German Guerra de la Cuádruple Alianza Spanish Lauko Aliantzaren Gerra EU Neliliiton sota Finnish Guerre de la Quadruple-Alliance French
| War of the Quadruple Alliance | |||||||||
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| Part of Anglo-Spanish Wars and Franco-Spanish Wars | |||||||||
 The Battle of Cape Passaro, 11 August 1718, Richard Paton | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 AustriaJoined in 1718:  Savoy Great Britain FranceJoined in 1719:  Dutch Republic |
 Spain  Jacobites (1719) | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Wirich Philipp von Daun Claude de Mercy Victor Amadeus II George Byng Richard Temple Guillaume Dubois Duke of Berwick Sieur de Bienville |
Giulio Alberoni Jean de Bette José de Albornoz Antonio Gaztañeta George Camocke Francisco Cornejo Duke of Ormonde George Keith | ||||||||
The War of the Quadruple Alliance[a] was fought from 1717 to 1720 by Spain and the Habsburg Monarchy,[1] with the latter being joined in 1718 by Great Britain, France, and Savoy,[2] and in 1719 by the Dutch Republic.[3] Caused by Spanish attempts to recover territories in Italy ceded in the 1713 Peace of Utrecht, most of the fighting took place in Sicily and Spain, with minor engagements in North America. Spain also promoted the Jacobite rising of 1719 in Scotland in an effort to divert British naval resources.[4]
Spain recaptured Sardinia in 1717 from Habsburg Austria, followed by a landing in Sicily in July 1718. On 2 August, the Quadruple Alliance was formed and on 11th, the Royal Navy defeated a Spanish fleet at Cape Passaro. This meant their troops in Sicily could not be resupplied or reinforced, and Austrian land forces eventually retook the island. In October 1719, a British naval force sacked the Spanish port of Vigo.
The 1720 Treaty of The Hague restored the position prior to 1717, with Savoy and Austria exchanging Sardinia and Sicily.
- ^ a b Martínez Laínez, Fernando & Canales, Carlos. Banderas Lejanas. Ed. EDAF (2009) ISBN 978-84-414-2121-9
- ^ Geoffrey Symcox. Victor Amadeus II: Absolutism in the Savoyard State, 1675–1730. University of California Press, 1983.
- ^ Tucker, S. (2009) A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the modern Middle East. Vol. 2. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2777 pages.
- ^ Jackson, A. (2024) The Jacobite Rebellions of the British Isles. Pen and Sword History, 256 pages.
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