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1- The Quadruple Alliance of 1718 was an alliance between Austria, France, the Netherlands and Britain - aimed at revising (principally at Spain's expense) the treaties which ended the War of the Spanish Succession. See: War of the Quadruple Alliance.
2- A second Quadruple Alliance was that of March 1814 (renewed on November 20, 1815); between Britain, Austria, Prussia and Russia, aimed at upholding the settlement following the Napoleonic WarsThe Napoleonic Wars lasted from 1804 until 1815. They were a continuation of the conflicts sparked by the French Revolution and covered the duration of the First French Empire. The First and Second Coalitions For a more detailed account see the French Rev: with France's admission in 1818, it became the Quintuple AllianceThe Quintuple Alliance came into being at the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1818, when France joined the Quadruple Alliance created by Russia, Austria, Prussia and Britain to uphold the European peace settlement concluded at the Congress of Vienna in 181, though British government distaste for the other allies' reactionary policies meant that it lapsed into ineffectiveness after the mid-1820s.
3- The Quadruple Alliance of 1834 was formed by Britain, France, Spain and PortugalRepublica Portuguesa ( In Detail) National motto: None Official language Portuguese 3 Capital Lisbon President Jorge Sampaio Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes Area Total % water World ranking: 109th 92,391 kmē0. 5 % Population Total ( 2004) Density World to support queen Isabella IIIsabella II ( October 10, 1830 1904), Isabel II in Spanish, was queen of Spain. She was born in Madrid, the eldest daughter of Ferdinand VII, king of Spain, and of his fourth wife, Maria Christina, a Neapolitan Bourbon. Maria became queen-regent on Septem of Spain against her uncle Don Carlos, Count of Molina, who claimed the Spanish throne under the succession law of 1714-1830.