Swabian League

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The Swabian League was a powerful alliance of princes, cities, and knights in southwestern Germany that defended regional order and princely authority in the early 16th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defensive alliance
early modern political organization
military alliance
activeInCentury 15th century
16th century
alliedWith Emperor Maximilian I
House of Habsburg
conflict Peasants’ War
surface form: German Peasants' War

Swabian War
War of the Succession of Landshut
country Holy Roman Empire
dissolutionCause changing power balance in the Holy Roman Empire
rise of territorial principalities
dissolved 1534
followedBy territorial consolidation of member states
founded 1488
governedBy federal council of estates
hasCapital Ulm
hasMember House of Hohenzollern
surface form: Counts of Hohenzollern

Count of Württemberg
surface form: Counts of Württemberg

Duchy of Württemberg
Franconian Circle
surface form: Franconian estates

Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
surface form: Free Imperial City of Augsburg

Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
surface form: Free Imperial City of Nuremberg

Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
surface form: Free Imperial City of Ulm

Margraviate of Baden
imperial cities
imperial knights
imperial princes
historicalRegion Duchy of Swabia
legalBasis imperial law of the Holy Roman Empire
locatedIn Duchy of Swabia
surface form: Swabia

southwestern Germany
maintained common army
common war chest
opposedBy Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg
surface form: Duke Ulrich of Württemberg

Old Swiss Confederacy
surface form: Swiss Confederacy
partOf Holy Roman Empire
precededBy earlier regional leagues in Swabia
purpose defend princely authority
defend regional peace and order
maintain territorial status quo
uphold imperial law
religion Roman Catholicism
roleInEvent enforced imperial bans within Swabia
fought against the Swiss Confederacy in the Swabian War
suppressed the German Peasants' War
supported central authority of the Holy Roman Emperor
usedLanguage German

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Peasants’ War opposedBy Swabian League
Hans Müller von Bulgenbach opposedTo Swabian League
Imperial City of Esslingen memberOf Swabian League
Swabian War hasParticipant Swabian League
Swabian War conflictWith Swabian League
Swabian War mainBelligerent Swabian League
this entity surface form: Swabian League of the Holy Roman Empire
Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg conflict Swabian League