(1) The League of the ThreeEmperors, also known as Dreikaiserbund,was an alliancebetween the German Empire,the Russian Empire and Austria-Hungary, from 1873 to1887. It was part of the diplomaticweb created by Otto Bismarck(1815–1898) to keepFrance isolated. The firstLeague of the Three Emperorswas in effect from 1873 to 1875.