TRIPLE ALLIANCE
\tɹˈɪpə͡l ɐlˈa͡ɪ͡əns], \tɹˈɪpəl ɐlˈaɪəns], \t_ɹ_ˈɪ_p_əl ɐ_l_ˈaɪə_n_s]\
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(Hist.) An alliance (1668) between England, Holland, and Sweden, for the purpose of foiling the designs of Louis XIV. on the Spanish Netherlands.
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(Hist.) An alliance between England, France, and Holland, against the policy of Cardinal Alberoni in Spain (1717). The Pretender was to quit France, Dunkirk to be demolished ; Protestant succession guaranteed in England, and that of the Duke of Orleans in France. After the adhesion of the emperor, this league became the Quadruple Alliance.
By Henry Percy Smith