Siege of Landstuhl (1523)

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event in the Knights' Revolt military engagement siege

The Siege of Landstuhl (1523) was a key early 16th-century Imperial campaign in which forces of the Swabian League besieged and destroyed Franz von Sickingen’s castle stronghold, effectively crushing his rebellion during the Knights' Revolt.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Siege of Landstuhl (1523) canonical	1
siege of Landstuhl (1523)	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in the Knights' Revolt ⓘ military engagement ⓘ siege ⓘ
commandedBy	leaders of the Swabian League ⓘ
conflict	Knights' Revolt NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
defendedBy	Franz von Sickingen NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Knights loyal to Sickingen NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedBySource	early modern chronicles of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
endTime	May 1523 ⓘ
hasAftermath	demolition of the fortifications of Landstuhl castle ⓘ strengthening of territorial princes within the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ weakening of the political power of the Imperial Knights ⓘ
hasCause	Knights' Revolt NERFINISHED ⓘ rebellion of Franz von Sickingen ⓘ
hasEffect	collapse of Sickingen’s rebellion ⓘ defeat of Franz von Sickingen ⓘ destruction of Franz von Sickingen’s castle at Landstuhl ⓘ effective end of the Knights' Revolt ⓘ
hasPartOfConflict	Knights' Revolt NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 16th century ⓘ
location	Electoral Palatinate NERFINISHED ⓘ Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Landstuhl NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	Franz von Sickingen NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	to capture and destroy Franz von Sickingen’s stronghold ⓘ to suppress the revolt of the Imperial Knights ⓘ
opponent	Franz von Sickingen NERFINISHED ⓘ Swabian League NERFINISHED ⓘ supporters of Franz von Sickingen ⓘ
participant	Franz von Sickingen NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial princes of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Swabian League NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Imperial campaign against the Imperial Knights NERFINISHED ⓘ Reformation-era conflicts in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
pointInTime	1523 ⓘ
result	death of Franz von Sickingen from wounds sustained during the siege ⓘ decisive victory for the Swabian League ⓘ
significantEvent	bombardment and breach of the castle walls ⓘ capitulation of the garrison ⓘ
startTime	April 1523 ⓘ
target	castle of Landstuhl ⓘ
usedWarfareType	artillery siege ⓘ early modern siege warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Knights' Revolt → notableBattle → Siege of Landstuhl (1523) ⓘ

Franz von Sickingen → associatedWithEvent → Siege of Landstuhl (1523) ⓘ

this entity surface form: siege of Landstuhl (1523)