Triple Alliance, the name by which various treaties are known: (1) A treaty concluded in 1668 at the Hague between England, Holland, and Sweden, having for its object the protection of the Spanish Netherlands and the checking of the conquests of Louis XIV. (2) An alliance concluded in 1717 between Britain, France, and Holland against Spain. (3) Between Britain, Russia, and Austria in 1795. (4) Between Germany, Austria, and Italy, formed and confirmed between 1883 and 1887. This superseded the 'alliance of the three emperors' (Dreikaiserbund) between William I. of Germany, Francis Joseph of Austria, and Alexander II. of Russia, 1872–84.
Triple Alliance
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 297
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