Palatinate phase

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The Palatinate phase was an early stage of the Thirty Years' War marked by the conflict over Frederick V’s rule in the Electoral Palatinate and the broader struggle between Protestant and Catholic powers in the Holy Roman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf phase of the Thirty Years' War
alsoKnownAs Bohemian-Palatinate phase
conflictOver rule of Frederick V in the Electoral Palatinate
endTime 1623
followedBy Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War
surface form: Danish phase of the Thirty Years' War
geopoliticalContext Habsburg–Bourbon dynastic rivalry
surface form: Habsburg–anti-Habsburg rivalry in Europe
hasCause dynastic and constitutional conflict within the Holy Roman Empire
election of Frederick V as King of Bohemia
religious tensions between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire
hasMainBelligerent Bavaria
Bohemian Estates
Catholic League
Frederick V, Elector Palatine
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
surface form: Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II

Spanish monarchy
surface form: Spanish Monarchy

Protestant Union
surface form: Union of Evangelical Princes
includesEvent Battle of White Mountain
Catholic League (Holy Roman Empire)
surface form: Catholic League campaign in the Upper Palatinate

Imperial ban against Frederick V
Palatinate campaign (Thirty Years' War)
surface form: Spanish invasion of the Lower Palatinate
involves confiscation of Palatine lands
suppression of Protestantism in the Palatinate
locatedIn Holy Roman Empire
mainTheater Electoral Palatinate
partOf Thirty Years' War
politicalContext constitutional struggle within the Holy Roman Empire
precededBy Bohemian Revolt
relatedTo Catholic League (Holy Roman Empire)
Electoral Palatinate
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick V, Elector Palatine
surface form: Frederick V, the "Winter King"

Protestant Union
religiousContext Protestant–Catholic conflict in Central Europe
result defeat of Frederick V
occupation of the Electoral Palatinate by Catholic forces
strengthening of Habsburg and Catholic League influence in the Empire
transfer of the electoral dignity from the Palatinate to Bavaria
significance early escalation of the Thirty Years' War from a Bohemian conflict to a wider imperial war
shift in the balance of power toward Catholic princes in the Holy Roman Empire
startTime 1618
temporalContext early 17th century

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Thirty Years' War hasPart Palatinate phase
Bohemian phase chronologicallyPrecedes Palatinate phase
this entity surface form: Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War
Catholic League conflict Palatinate phase
this entity surface form: Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War
Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War precededBy Palatinate phase
this entity surface form: Bohemian–Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War