Editing Pope Alexander VIII (section)

===Foreign policy===
====Venice====
A Venetian himself, Alexander VIII largely supported the [[Republic of Venice]] in its [[Morean War|military campaign]] against the Ottoman Empire for control of [[Peloponnese]] in Greece and the [[Aegean Sea]], donating enough food to fill seven [[Galley|galleys]] while also sending infantry for their campaign in Albania.

====France====
Condemning the precepts of the Gallican proposals which had been ratified in 1682, the pope attempted to try and mend the despairing relationship between the Holy See and the French which had been largely strained by his predecessor. Despite this, the proposals were revoked in 1693 only after Alexander VIII had died, in exchange for papal recognition of the right of the crown to administer to vacant dioceses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-VIII|title=Alexander VIII, pope|author=|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica|date=|accessdate=24 December 2022}}</ref> At the time as Louis XIV found his own political situation to be precarious, the monarch profited from the pope's peaceful dispositions while Louis XIV decided to renounce the long-abused right of asylum for the French embassy.<ref name="CE1913"/>