Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg)

Treaty of the Grand Alliance
Grand Alliance between England, the Dutch Republic and the Habsburg Monarchy
	The architect of the Alliance, William III, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic and King of England, Scotland and Ireland
Context	Anti-French Coalition
Signed	20 December 1689
Location	The Hague
Parties	Habsburg Monarchy; Dutch Republic; England; Spain from 1690; Savoy, 1690–1696;

The Grand Alliance, sometimes erroneously referred to as its precursor the League of Augsburg, was formed on 20 December 1689. Signed by William III on behalf of the Dutch Republic and England, and Emperor Leopold I for the Habsburg Monarchy, its primary purpose was to oppose the expansionist policies of Louis XIV of France.

With the later additions of Spain and Savoy, the coalition fought the 1688 to 1697 Nine Years' War against France that ended with the Peace of Ryswick.

The Second Grand Alliance was reformed by the 1701 Treaty of The Hague prior to the War of the Spanish Succession, and dissolved in 1713 following the Peace of Utrecht.

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