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Augsburg (LEAGUE OF a league entered)

LEAGUE OF, a league entered into and concluded at Augsburg, July 9, 1686, for the maintenance of the treaties of Münster and Nimeguen, and the truce of Ratisbon. It was negotiated by William, Prince of Orange, on June 21, in the above year, for the purpose of resisting the encroachments of France.

The contracting parties were the Emperor Leopold I., the Kings of Spain and Sweden, the Electors of Saxony and Bavaria, and the Circles of Suabia, Franconia, Upper Saxony and Bavaria. The league was to be in force for three years, and might then be renewed. England acceded to it in 1689.