Siege of Godesberg (1583)

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military engagement siege

The Siege of Godesberg (1583) was an early and decisive military engagement in the Cologne War, in which Protestant forces besieged and destroyed the Catholic stronghold at Godesberg Castle.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Belagerung von Godesberg (1583)	1
Siege of Godesberg (1583) canonical	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military engagement ⓘ siege ⓘ
attacker	Protestant forces ⓘ
belligerent	Catholic forces ⓘ Protestant forces ⓘ forces loyal to Ernst of Bavaria ⓘ forces of Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg ⓘ
commander	Ernst of Bavaria ⓘ Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg ⓘ
conflict	Cologne War ⓘ
coordinateLocation	50.685°N 7.152°E ⓘ
country	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
defender	Godesburg castle ⓘ surface form: Catholic garrison of Godesberg Castle
describedBySource	early modern chronicles of the Cologne War ⓘ
destroyed	medieval fortifications of Godesberg Castle ⓘ
followedBy	Siege of Bonn (1587–1588) ⓘ surface form: Siege of Bonn (1588)
hasCause	Cologne War succession dispute ⓘ attempt to secularize the Electorate of Cologne ⓘ conversion of Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg to Calvinism ⓘ
hasEndTime	1583-12-17 ⓘ
hasGermanName	Siege of Godesberg (1583) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Belagerung von Godesberg (1583)
hasLanguageOfName	German ⓘ
hasStartTime	1583-11-17 ⓘ
isPartOfHistoryOf	Germany ⓘ Holy Roman Empire military history ⓘ North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
location	Electorate of Cologne ⓘ Godesberg ⓘ Godesburg castle ⓘ surface form: Godesberg Castle
partOf	Cologne War ⓘ European wars of religion ⓘ surface form: European Wars of Religion
pointInTime	1583 ⓘ
religiousContext	Catholic–Protestant conflict ⓘ Reformation era ⓘ
result	Protestant victory ⓘ capture of Godesberg stronghold ⓘ destruction of Godesberg Castle ⓘ
significance	demonstrated destructive power of early modern artillery against medieval fortifications ⓘ early decisive engagement in the Cologne War ⓘ weakened Catholic strongholds in the Electorate of Cologne ⓘ
timePeriod	16th century ⓘ Early Modern period ⓘ
usedWarfareType	artillery bombardment ⓘ siege warfare ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cologne War → notableBattle → Siege of Godesberg (1583) ⓘ

Siege of Godesberg (1583) → hasGermanName → Siege of Godesberg (1583) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Belagerung von Godesberg (1583)