Sickingen's War
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Sickingen's War was a 1522–1523 uprising of imperial knights in the Holy Roman Empire, led by Franz von Sickingen, that challenged both territorial princes and the Catholic Church during the early Reformation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Palatine Feud | 1 |
| Sickingen's Feud | 1 |
| Sickingen's War canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conflict
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rebellion ⓘ uprising ⓘ war of the Reformation ⓘ |
| chronologicalOrder | early Reformation conflict ⓘ |
| country | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| endTime | 1523 ⓘ |
| hasCause |
conflict between imperial knights and territorial princes
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decline of the imperial knighthood ⓘ economic grievances of the imperial knights ⓘ opposition to ecclesiastical principalities ⓘ religious tensions of the early Reformation ⓘ |
| hasKeyEvent |
siege of Landstuhl Castle in 1523
ⓘ
siege of Trier in 1522 ⓘ |
| hasLeader | Franz von Sickingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Ebernburg Castle
NERFINISHED
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Electorate of Trier NERFINISHED ⓘ Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Landstuhl Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Palatinate NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhineland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainBelligerent |
Electorate of Trier
NERFINISHED
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Electorate of the Palatinate NERFINISHED ⓘ Franz von Sickingen NERFINISHED ⓘ Landgraviate of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ allied imperial knights ⓘ |
| hasObjective |
to challenge the Catholic Church
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to strengthen the position of imperial knights ⓘ to weaken territorial princes ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
defeat of Franz von Sickingen
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failure of the imperial knights' uprising ⓘ strengthening of territorial princes ⓘ weakening of imperial knighthood ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Elector Palatine Louis V
NERFINISHED
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Franz von Sickingen NERFINISHED ⓘ Landgrave Philip I of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard von Greiffenklau zu Vollrads NERFINISHED ⓘ imperial knights ⓘ |
| hasResult | death of Franz von Sickingen ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Catholic Church
NERFINISHED
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Electorate of Trier NERFINISHED ⓘ Electorate of the Palatinate NERFINISHED ⓘ Landgraviate of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ territorial princes ⓘ |
| precededBy | Knights' Revolt (background tensions) ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
German Peasants' War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reformation in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Protestant Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1522 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Palatine Feud
this entity surface form:
Sickingen's Feud