Which countries belonged to the Three Emperors’ League of 1873?

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Otto von Bismarck in military uniform and cap, with a mustache, facing slightly to the side in a black-and-white portrait taken around 1880. — Otto von Bismarck Otto von Bismarck.

The Three Emperors’ League (or Dreikaiserbund) of 1873 was an alliance between the following three countries:

Germany
Austria-Hungary
Russia

Devised by German chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the league aimed to neutralize rivalries between Austria-Hungary and Russia regarding their spheres of influence in the Balkans and to isolate France diplomatically.12