Cologne War
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The Cologne War was a late 16th-century conflict in the Holy Roman Empire sparked by a Catholic archbishop’s conversion to Protestantism, exemplifying the religious and political struggles of the European wars of religion.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
European wars of religion
ⓘ
conflict ⓘ religious war ⓘ |
| commanders |
Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma
ⓘ
Ernst of Bavaria ⓘ Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg ⓘ |
| conflictType | civil war within the Electorate of Cologne ⓘ |
| endTime | 1588 ⓘ |
| followedBy | intensification of confessional tensions leading toward the Thirty Years' War ⓘ |
| hasCause |
attempt to secularize the Electorate of Cologne
ⓘ
conflict over the ecclesiastical reservation in the Peace of Augsburg ⓘ conversion of Archbishop-Elector Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg to Calvinism ⓘ |
| involves |
Army of Flanders
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Army of Flanders
local territorial nobility of the Lower Rhine ⓘ troops from the Duchy of Bavaria ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Electorate of Cologne
ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Lower Rhine region ⓘ |
| mainBelligerent |
Electorate of Cologne
ⓘ
surface form:
Electorate of Cologne (Catholic faction)
Ernst of Bavaria ⓘ Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg ⓘ Protestant supporters of Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Siege of Bonn (1587–1588)
ⓘ
Siege of Godesberg (1583) ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Dutch rebels
ⓘ
some Protestant German princes ⓘ |
| partOf |
Counter-Reformation
ⓘ
European wars of religion ⓘ |
| politicalConsequence |
prevention of a Protestant or secular Electorate of Cologne
ⓘ
reinforcement of Catholic control over an imperial electorate ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Eighty Years' War
ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch Revolt (early phases)
|
| religiousConflictBetween |
Calvinism
ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| religiousConsequence | consolidation of the Catholic Counter-Reformation in northwestern Germany ⓘ |
| result |
Catholic victory
ⓘ
confirmation of Ernst of Bavaria as Archbishop-Elector of Cologne ⓘ expulsion of Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg as Elector ⓘ re-Catholicization of the Electorate of Cologne ⓘ strengthening of Catholic position on the Rhine ⓘ |
| significance |
contributed to confessional polarization in the Holy Roman Empire
ⓘ
demonstrated limits of Protestant expansion into ecclesiastical principalities ⓘ first major test of the ecclesiastical reservation clause of the Peace of Augsburg ⓘ increased Spanish military presence in the Lower Rhine ⓘ |
| startTime | 1583 ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Catholic League forces (proto-League alliances)
ⓘ
Duchy of Bavaria ⓘ Spanish monarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Monarchy
|
Referenced by (3)
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