Catholic League of German Princes

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The Catholic League of German Princes was a powerful early 17th-century alliance of Catholic states in the Holy Roman Empire formed to defend Catholic interests during the religious and political conflicts leading up to the Thirty Years’ War.

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Catholic League of German Princes canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic military alliance
confessional league
early modern political alliance
alliedWith Spanish Monarchy NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Catholic League NERFINISHED
Katholische Liga NERFINISHED
confession Roman Catholic
conflict Thirty Years’ War NERFINISHED
country Holy Roman Empire
dissolutionCause Peace of Prague (1635) NERFINISHED
dissolved 1635
followedBy greater direct Habsburg control over Catholic military forces in the Empire
foundedBy Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria NERFINISHED
hasPart Duchy of Bavaria NERFINISHED
Duchy of Lorraine NERFINISHED
Electorate of Bavaria NERFINISHED
Electorate of Cologne NERFINISHED
Electorate of Mainz NERFINISHED
Electorate of Trier NERFINISHED
Prince-Archbishopric of Mainz NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Constance NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Freising NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Halberstadt NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Magdeburg NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Minden NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Münster NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Passau NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Speyer NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Worms NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Munich NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod early 17th century
inception 1609
leader Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria NERFINISHED
militaryEngagement Battle of White Mountain NERFINISHED
campaigns in Bohemia
namedAfter Catholic princes of the Holy Roman Empire
opposedBy Bohemian Estates NERFINISHED
Protestant Union NERFINISHED
various Protestant princes of the Holy Roman Empire
precededBy informal Catholic alliances in the Holy Roman Empire
purpose containment of Protestant expansion
defense of Catholic interests in the Holy Roman Empire
support of the Catholic cause in imperial politics
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
significantEvent Battle of White Mountain NERFINISHED
Bohemian Revolt NERFINISHED
early phase of the Thirty Years’ War
supportedBy Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED
territorialExtent southern and western regions of the Holy Roman Empire

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Union of Auhausen hasOpposingOrganization Catholic League of German Princes