Swabian League

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The Swabian League was a powerful alliance of princes, cities, and knights in southwestern Germany that defended regional order and princely authority in the early 16th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defensive alliance
early modern political organization
military alliance
activeInCentury 15th century
16th century
alliedWith Emperor Maximilian I
House of Habsburg
conflict German Peasants' War
linked to: Peasants’ War

Swabian War
War of the Succession of Landshut
country Holy Roman Empire
dissolutionCause changing power balance in the Holy Roman Empire
rise of territorial principalities
dissolved 1534
followedBy territorial consolidation of member states
founded 1488
governedBy federal council of estates
hasCapital Ulm
hasMember Counts of Hohenzollern
Counts of Württemberg
Duchy of Württemberg
Franconian estates
linked to: Franconian Circle

Free Imperial City of Augsburg
Free Imperial City of Nuremberg
Free Imperial City of Ulm
Margraviate of Baden
imperial cities
imperial knights
imperial princes
historicalRegion Duchy of Swabia
legalBasis imperial law of the Holy Roman Empire
locatedIn Swabia
linked to: Duchy of Swabia

southwestern Germany
maintained common army
common war chest
opposedBy Duke Ulrich of Württemberg
Swiss Confederacy
partOf Holy Roman Empire
precededBy earlier regional leagues in Swabia
purpose defend princely authority
defend regional peace and order
maintain territorial status quo
uphold imperial law
religion Roman Catholicism
roleInEvent enforced imperial bans within Swabia
fought against the Swiss Confederacy in the Swabian War
suppressed the German Peasants' War
supported central authority of the Holy Roman Emperor
usedLanguage German

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Peasants’ War opposedBy Swabian League
Hans Müller von Bulgenbach opposedTo Swabian League
Imperial City of Esslingen memberOf Swabian League
Swabian War hasParticipant Swabian League
Swabian War conflictWith Swabian League
Swabian War mainBelligerent Swabian League of the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: Swabian League
Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg conflict Swabian League