!!!Dreikaiserbündnis Three Emperors´ League, formed 1881 between Austria-Hungary, Russia and the German Empire on the initiative of Bismarck. It aimed at securing neutrality for the three allies in cases of aggression from a fourth party and acknowledging their respective interests in the Balkans. Despite a renewal of the agreement in 1884, the League failed because of the differences between Austria-Hungary and Russia over the "Battenberg affair" (1885-1887). !Literature S. Zulinski, Das Dreikaiserbuendnis von 1881, 1983. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Dreikaiserbündnis|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]