Second War of Kappel

E51988

civil conflict religious war war

The Second War of Kappel was a 1531 armed conflict in the Swiss Reformation era in which Protestant and Catholic cantons clashed, resulting in the defeat of the Protestant forces and the death of reformer Huldrych Zwingli.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of Kappel (1531)	1
Battle of Kappel am Albis	1
Second Kappel War	1
Wars of Kappel	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil conflict ⓘ religious war ⓘ war ⓘ
belligerent	Bern ⓘ canton of Nidwalden ⓘ surface form: Catholic central Swiss cantons Zurich NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologyWithin	Reformation-era conflicts in Switzerland ⓘ
commandedBy	Huldrych Zwingli ⓘ
conflictIn	16th century ⓘ Early modern period ⓘ
conflictType	armed conflict ⓘ
country	Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
date	11 October 1531 ⓘ
endTime	1531 ⓘ
follows	First War of Kappel ⓘ
hasCause	disputes over confessional balance in the Confederacy ⓘ religious conflicts of the Swiss Reformation ⓘ tensions between Protestant and Catholic cantons ⓘ
hasConsequence	Second Peace of Kappel ⓘ
hasEffect	confirmation of Catholic dominance in several Swiss cantons ⓘ death of Huldrych Zwingli ⓘ halt of rapid Protestant expansion in the Confederacy ⓘ
hasOutcome	restrictions on further Protestant expansion in Catholic cantons ⓘ territorial and confessional status quo largely restored ⓘ
hasParticipant	Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ surface form: Catholic cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ surface form: Protestant cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy
impactOn	political balance between Swiss cantons ⓘ spread of Zwinglian Reformation in Switzerland ⓘ
location	Kappel am Albis ⓘ Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
namedAfter	Kappel am Albis ⓘ
notableCommander	Huldrych Zwingli ⓘ
notableDeath	Huldrych Zwingli ⓘ
opposedBy	Swiss cantons ⓘ surface form: Catholic cantons Protestant cantons ⓘ
partOf	European wars of religion ⓘ surface form: European Wars of Religion Swiss Reformation ⓘ
peaceTreaty	Second Peace of Kappel ⓘ
precededBy	First War of Kappel ⓘ
religiousContext	Catholic–Protestant conflict ⓘ Reformation ⓘ surface form: Protestant Reformation
result	Catholic victory ⓘ defeat of Protestant forces ⓘ
significantEvent	Second War of Kappel self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of Kappel am Albis
startTime	1531 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Kappel am Albis → hasHistoricalEvent → Second War of Kappel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Kappel (1531)

Swiss Reformation → hasKeyEvent → Second War of Kappel ⓘ

European wars of religion → hasPart → Second War of Kappel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wars of Kappel

Huldrych Zwingli → militaryConflict → Second War of Kappel ⓘ

Huldrych → participantIn → Second War of Kappel ⓘ

subject surface form: Huldrych Zwingli

this entity surface form: Second Kappel War

Second War of Kappel → significantEvent → Second War of Kappel self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Kappel am Albis