Schmalkaldic War

Schmalkaldic War
Part of European wars of religion
and the Protestant Reformation

Titian's Equestrian Portrait of Charles V (1548) celebrates Charles's victory at the Battle of Mühlberg.
Date10 July 1546 – 23 May 1547
Location
Result

Imperial victory[1]

Belligerents

 Holy Roman Empire

 Habsburg Spain
Habsburg Hungary
Supported by:
 Papal States

Schmalkaldic League:


Supported by:
 England
Commanders and leaders

The Schmalkaldic War (German: Schmalkaldischer Krieg) was the short period of violence from 1546 until 1547 between the forces of Emperor Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire (simultaneously King Charles I of Spain), commanded by the Duke of Alba and the Duke of Saxony, and the Lutheran Schmalkaldic League within the domains of the Holy Roman Empire.

  1. ^ Pál Zsigmond Pach; Ágnes Várkonyi R., eds. (1985). Magyarország története tíz kötetben [History of Hungary in ten volumes] (in Hungarian). Vol. 1 (1526–1686). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. ISBN 963-05-0929-6.

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