Catholic League army

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early modern army military organization

The Catholic League army was the military force of a coalition of Catholic states in the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War, known for its major role in fighting Protestant powers.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Catholic League army canonical	1
Troops of the Catholic League	1
army of the Catholic League	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	early modern army ⓘ military organization ⓘ
activeFrom	1610 ⓘ
activeUntil	1635 ⓘ
alliedWith	Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial army of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Counter-Reformation in the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly NERFINISHED ⓘ Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandStructure	under political leadership of the Elector of Bavaria ⓘ
conflict	Thirty Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing	Peace of Prague (1635) NERFINISHED ⓘ
engagedInBattle	Battle of Höchst (1622) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Rain (Lech) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Stadtlohn NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of White Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Wimpfen NERFINISHED ⓘ
equipmentType	field artillery ⓘ matchlock muskets ⓘ pikes ⓘ
fundedBy	member states of the Catholic League ⓘ
garrisonedIn	various Bavarian and Catholic League territories ⓘ
historicalRole	major Catholic force against Protestant powers in the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
languageOfCommand	German ⓘ
militaryTradition	Imperial and Bavarian military traditions ⓘ
notableCommander	Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim NERFINISHED ⓘ Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableDefeat	Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Rain (Lech) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	suppression of the Bohemian Revolt ⓘ
notableVictory	Battle of Stadtlohn NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of White Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Wimpfen NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedIn	Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedTo	Protestant Union NERFINISHED ⓘ various Protestant states in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
organizedAs	mercenary-based army ⓘ
partOf	Catholic League (Holy Roman Empire) NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRecruitmentArea	Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Catholic territories of southern Germany ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sponsoredBy	Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportedSide	Catholic side in the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
usedBranch	artillery ⓘ cavalry ⓘ infantry ⓘ
usedTactics	pike and shot formations ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Sack of Magdeburg → perpetratorForce → Catholic League army ⓘ

Tilly (Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly) → commanded → Catholic League army ⓘ

subject surface form: Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly

this entity surface form: army of the Catholic League

Palatinate campaign (Thirty Years' War) → involves → Catholic League army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Troops of the Catholic League