League of the Three Emperors

League of the Three Emperors ("Dreikaiserbund") 1873

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Emperor - 1873

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• Long term cause of the First World War
• Creation of a conservative league between Germany, Russia and Austria
• Post-Franco-Prussian War
• Alliance against radicals

Conservatives in the three countries were wary of the growing threat (as they perceived it) of liberalism and so created a league of nations that would protect their more conservative forms of government. Although the league provided no formal alliances it listed socialism and more importantly republicanism as the greatest evils - it should be noted that France had a republic at the time. The league was part of Otto von Bismark's grand foreign policy plan to keep France isolated and keep both the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Russian Empire on his side.

Related Topics:
Conservative - Liberalism - Alliance - Socialism - Republicanism - France - Republic - Otto von Bismark's - Foreign policy - Austro-Hungarian Empire - Russian Empire

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At that time:

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• Germany had a Kaiser;
• Austria-Hungary had an emperor; and
• Russia had a tsar who claimed divine right.

The league was resurrected in 1881 but soon fell apart and after 1894 Russia found itself in the opposing camp with Germany.

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1881 - 1894 - Germany

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