Palatinate phase

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The Palatinate phase was an early stage of the Thirty Years' War marked by the conflict over Frederick V’s rule in the Electoral Palatinate and the broader struggle between Protestant and Catholic powers in the Holy Roman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf phase of the Thirty Years' War
alsoKnownAs Bohemian-Palatinate phase
conflictOver rule of Frederick V in the Electoral Palatinate
endTime 1623
followedBy Danish phase of the Thirty Years' War
geopoliticalContext Habsburg–anti-Habsburg rivalry in Europe
hasCause dynastic and constitutional conflict within the Holy Roman Empire
election of Frederick V as King of Bohemia
religious tensions between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire
hasMainBelligerent Bavaria
Bohemian Estates
Catholic League
Frederick V, Elector Palatine
Habsburg Monarchy
Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II
Spanish Monarchy
linked to: Spanish monarchy

Union of Evangelical Princes
linked to: Protestant Union
includesEvent Battle of White Mountain
Catholic League campaign in the Upper Palatinate
Imperial ban against Frederick V
Spanish invasion of the Lower Palatinate
involves confiscation of Palatine lands
suppression of Protestantism in the Palatinate
locatedIn Holy Roman Empire
mainTheater Electoral Palatinate
partOf Thirty Years' War
politicalContext constitutional struggle within the Holy Roman Empire
precededBy Bohemian Revolt
relatedTo Catholic League (Holy Roman Empire)
Electoral Palatinate
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick V, the "Winter King"
Protestant Union
religiousContext Protestant–Catholic conflict in Central Europe
result defeat of Frederick V
occupation of the Electoral Palatinate by Catholic forces
strengthening of Habsburg and Catholic League influence in the Empire
transfer of the electoral dignity from the Palatinate to Bavaria
significance early escalation of the Thirty Years' War from a Bohemian conflict to a wider imperial war
shift in the balance of power toward Catholic princes in the Holy Roman Empire
startTime 1618
temporalContext early 17th century

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Thirty Years' War hasPart Palatinate phase
Bohemian phase chronologicallyPrecedes Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War
linked to: Palatinate phase
Catholic League conflict Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War
linked to: Palatinate phase
Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War precededBy Bohemian–Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War
linked to: Palatinate phase