Schmalkaldic League

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defensive alliance military alliance political alliance

The Schmalkaldic League was a 16th-century defensive alliance of Lutheran princes and cities within the Holy Roman Empire formed to protect and advance the Protestant Reformation against imperial Catholic authority.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Schmalkaldic League canonical	11
Formation of the Schmalkaldic League	1
Smalcald League princes	1

Statements (103)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defensive alliance ⓘ military alliance ⓘ political alliance ⓘ
alliedWith	Denmark–Norway ⓘ surface form: Denmark-Norway France ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ
confession	Protestant ⓘ
conflict	Schmalkaldic War ⓘ
country	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dissolutionCause	defeat in the Schmalkaldic War ⓘ
dissolved	1547 ⓘ
foundedBy	John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ⓘ Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse ⓘ
hasCapital	no fixed capital ⓘ
hasLanguage	German ⓘ
hasLeader	John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ⓘ Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse ⓘ
hasMember	Aachen ⓘ surface form: City of Aachen Basel-Stadt ⓘ surface form: City of Basel Berne ⓘ surface form: City of Bern Biberach an der Riß ⓘ surface form: City of Biberach Biel ⓘ surface form: City of Biel Bremen ⓘ surface form: City of Bremen Brunswick ⓘ surface form: City of Brunswick Cologne ⓘ surface form: City of Cologne Konstanz ⓘ surface form: City of Constance Dortmund ⓘ surface form: City of Dortmund Duisburg ⓘ surface form: City of Duisburg Einbeck ⓘ surface form: City of Einbeck city of Emden ⓘ surface form: City of Emden Erfurt ⓘ surface form: City of Erfurt Imperial City of Esslingen ⓘ surface form: City of Esslingen Frankfurt am Main ⓘ surface form: City of Frankfurt am Main Municipality of Geneva ⓘ surface form: City of Geneva Goslar ⓘ surface form: City of Goslar Göttingen ⓘ surface form: City of Göttingen Hamburg ⓘ surface form: City of Hamburg Hameln ⓘ surface form: City of Hamelin Hanover ⓘ surface form: City of Hanover City of Heilbronn ⓘ City of Herford ⓘ Hildesheim ⓘ surface form: City of Hildesheim City of Isny ⓘ Kaufbeuren ⓘ surface form: City of Kaufbeuren Kempten ⓘ surface form: City of Kempten Lausanne ⓘ surface form: City of Lausanne Lemgo ⓘ surface form: City of Lemgo City of Lindau ⓘ Lübeck ⓘ surface form: City of Lübeck Magdeburg ⓘ surface form: City of Magdeburg Memmingen ⓘ surface form: City of Memmingen Metz ⓘ surface form: City of Metz City of Minden ⓘ Mulhouse ⓘ surface form: City of Mulhouse Mühlhausen ⓘ surface form: City of Mühlhausen Neuchâtel ⓘ surface form: City of Neuchâtel Nordhausen ⓘ surface form: City of Nordhausen Osnabrück ⓘ surface form: City of Osnabrück Regensburg ⓘ surface form: City of Regensburg Reutlingen ⓘ surface form: City of Reutlingen Rothenburg ob der Tauber ⓘ surface form: City of Rothenburg ob der Tauber Schaffhausen ⓘ surface form: City of Schaffhausen Schwäbisch Hall ⓘ surface form: City of Schwäbisch Hall Imperial City of Soest ⓘ surface form: City of Soest Speyer ⓘ surface form: City of Speyer St. Gallen ⓘ surface form: City of St. Gallen City of Strasbourg (Swiss Confederacy context) ⓘ Toul ⓘ surface form: City of Toul Verdun, France ⓘ surface form: City of Verdun City of Wesel ⓘ City of Wimpfen ⓘ City of Windsheim ⓘ City of Worms ⓘ Zurich ⓘ surface form: City of Zurich Duchy of Anhalt ⓘ Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ Duchy of Mansfeld ⓘ Duchy of Pomerania ⓘ Duchy of Württemberg ⓘ Electorate of Saxony ⓘ Free Imperial City of Augsburg ⓘ Free Imperial City of Nuremberg ⓘ free imperial city of Strasbourg ⓘ surface form: Free Imperial City of Strasbourg Free Imperial City of Ulm ⓘ Landgraviate of Hesse ⓘ
hasPurpose	defense of Lutheran territories ⓘ protection of the Protestant Reformation ⓘ resistance to imperial Catholic authority ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Reformation ⓘ surface form: Protestant Reformation
inception	1531 ⓘ
legalBasis	Augsburg Confession ⓘ
locationOfFormation	Schmalkalden ⓘ
memberOf	Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ surface form: Protestant estates of the Holy Roman Empire
namedAfter	Schmalkalden ⓘ
opposedBy	Catholic princes of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
opposedTo	Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Habsburg monarchy
partOf	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
significantDocument	Smalcald Articles ⓘ surface form: Schmalkaldic Articles
significantEvent	Schmalkaldic War ⓘ
startTime	16th century ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Schmalkaldic War → conflictBetween → Schmalkaldic League ⓘ

Schmalkaldic War → hasMainBelligerent → Schmalkaldic League ⓘ

John the Steadfast → coFounded → Schmalkaldic League ⓘ

Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope → commissionedBy → Schmalkaldic League ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalcald League princes

Battle of Mühlberg → belligerent → Schmalkaldic League ⓘ

Battle of Mühlberg → associatedWith → Schmalkaldic League ⓘ

Princes' War → relatedTo → Schmalkaldic League ⓘ

Battle of Ingolstadt → hasParticipant → Schmalkaldic League ⓘ

Battle of Ingolstadt → attackingForce → Schmalkaldic League ⓘ

Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse → memberOf → Schmalkaldic League ⓘ

Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse → notableWork → Schmalkaldic League ⓘ

this entity surface form: Formation of the Schmalkaldic League

John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony → memberOf → Schmalkaldic League ⓘ

Schmalkalden → knownFor → Schmalkaldic League ⓘ