Holy League (Mediterranean)

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The Holy League was formed between several Catholic maritime states in the Mediterranean on 25 May 1571 in an attempt to break Ottoman Turks' control of the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

The main participants were Venice, Portugal, the Habsburg states of Spain, Naples and Sicily, the Papal States, as well as many smaller states in Italy: Genoa, Savoy, the Knights of Malta and others. These states were to have a force of 200 galleys ready by 1 April each year. Don John was designated commander. It was to be funded 3 parts Spanish, 2 parts Venetian and 1 part Papal States.

On 7 October 1571 the League won a crushing victory over the Turkish fleet at the Battle of Lepanto off the western Greek coast. On the signing of the peace treaty in 1573 it was disbanded.

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