Schmalkaldic War

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Schmalkaldic War

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Czechoslovak history
Religious tensions in Bohemia
…these problems arose during the Schmalkaldic War (1546–47), fought between the Habsburgs and the Schmalkaldic League, a defensive alliance formed by Protestant territories of the Holy Roman Empire. The Bohemian estates wavered considerably in their loyalty to the empire, and so, after the Habsburg victory at Mühlberg (April 1547), Ferdinand…
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…these problems arose during the Schmalkaldic War (1546–47), fought between the Habsburgs and the Schmalkaldic League, a defensive alliance formed by Protestant territories of the Holy Roman Empire. The Bohemian estates wavered considerably in their loyalty to the empire, and so, after the Habsburg victory at Mühlberg (April 1547), Ferdinand…
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Matteo Da Bascio
…in his campaign against the Schmalkaldic League, a defensive organization of imperial Protestant estates in Germany. Charles declared war on John Frederick I, elector of Saxony. At the Battle of Mühlberg on April 24, 1547, Matteo reportedly spurred the Catholic soldiers to victory, and John Frederick was taken prisoner. Matteo…
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…in his campaign against the Schmalkaldic League, a defensive organization of imperial Protestant estates in Germany. Charles declared war on John Frederick I, elector of Saxony. At the Battle of Mühlberg on April 24, 1547, Matteo reportedly spurred the Catholic soldiers to victory, and John Frederick was taken prisoner. Matteo…
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history of Europe
The Wars of Religion
…Charles V in the first Schmalkaldic War in 1547 in order to win the Saxon electoral dignity from his Protestant cousin, John Frederick; while the Catholic king Henry II of France supported the Lutheran cause in the second Schmalkaldic War in 1552 to secure French bases in Lorraine. John Casimir…
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…Charles V in the first Schmalkaldic War in 1547 in order to win the Saxon electoral dignity from his Protestant cousin, John Frederick; while the Catholic king Henry II of France supported the Lutheran cause in the second Schmalkaldic War in 1552 to secure French bases in Lorraine. John Casimir…
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