Evangelical Union

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The Evangelical Union was a coalition of Protestant German states formed in the early 17th century to defend their religious and political interests during the tensions leading up to the Thirty Years’ War.

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Label Occurrences
Evangelical Union canonical 1
Union of Evangelical Estates 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Protestant military alliance
political alliance
religious league
alsoKnownAs Protestant Union
Union of Evangelical Estates
linked to: Evangelical Union
country Holy Roman Empire
dissolved 1621
endTime 1621
formedDuring confessional tensions in the Holy Roman Empire
hasEffect contributed to outbreak of the Thirty Years' War
intensification of confessional polarization in the Holy Roman Empire
hasMember Anhalt
Baden-Durlach
Brandenburg-Ansbach
Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Electorate of the Palatinate
Free Imperial City of Augsburg
Free Imperial City of Biberach
Free Imperial City of Biedenkopf
Free Imperial City of Braunfels
Free Imperial City of Colmar
linked to: Colmar

Free Imperial City of Dillenburg
Free Imperial City of Donauwörth
Free Imperial City of Eppstein
Free Imperial City of Esslingen
Free Imperial City of Frankfurt am Main
Free Imperial City of Friedberg
Free Imperial City of Gelnhausen
Free Imperial City of Giengen
Free Imperial City of Hachenburg
Free Imperial City of Hagenau
Free Imperial City of Heilbronn
Free Imperial City of Herborn
Free Imperial City of Idstein
Free Imperial City of Isny
Free Imperial City of Kempten
Free Imperial City of Kirberg
linked to: Free Imperial City

Free Imperial City of Lahnstein
Free Imperial City of Lindau
Free Imperial City of Memmingen
Free Imperial City of Merenberg
Free Imperial City of Nassau-Weilburg
Free Imperial City of Neuweilnau
Free Imperial City of Nuremberg
Free Imperial City of Offenburg
Free Imperial City of Pfullendorf
Free Imperial City of Ravensburg
Free Imperial City of Regensburg
Free Imperial City of Reutlingen
Free Imperial City of Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Free Imperial City of Rottweil
Free Imperial City of Schlettstadt
linked to: Free Imperial City

Free Imperial City of Schwäbisch Gmünd
Free Imperial City of Schwäbisch Hall
Free Imperial City of Siegen
linked to: Siegen

Free Imperial City of Sonnenberg
Free Imperial City of Speyer
Free Imperial City of Strasbourg
Free Imperial City of Ulm
Free Imperial City of Weil der Stadt
Free Imperial City of Weilburg
Free Imperial City of Wetzlar
Free Imperial City of Wimpfen
Free Imperial City of Windsheim
Free Imperial City of Worms
Free Imperial City of Überlingen
Nassau-Beilstein
Nassau-Dillenburg
Nassau-Hadamar
Nassau-Idstein
Nassau-Katzenelnbogen
Nassau-Ottweiler
linked to: Nassau-Saarbrücken

Nassau-Saarbrücken
Nassau-Siegen
Nassau-Usingen
Nassau-Weilburg
Nassau-Weilburg-Biedenkopf
linked to: Nassau-Weilburg

Nassau-Weilburg-Braunfels
linked to: Nassau-Weilburg

Nassau-Weilburg-Dillenburg
linked to: Nassau-Weilburg

Nassau-Weilburg-Eppstein
linked to: Nassau-Weilburg

Nassau-Weilburg-Hachenburg
Nassau-Weilburg-Kirberg
linked to: Nassau-Weilburg

Nassau-Weilburg-Lahnstein
linked to: Nassau-Weilburg

Nassau-Weilburg-Lower Weid
linked to: Nassau-Weilburg

Nassau-Weilburg-Merenberg
linked to: Nassau-Weilburg

Nassau-Weilburg-Neuweilnau
Nassau-Weilburg-Oberlahnstein
linked to: Nassau-Weilburg

Nassau-Weilburg-Sonnenberg
Nassau-Weilnau
Nassau-Wiesbaden
Württemberg
hasPurpose defense of Protestant estates
defense of political rights of Protestant princes
protection of religious freedoms
historicalPeriod early 17th century
inception 14 May 1608
leader Frederick IV, Elector Palatine
Frederick V, Elector Palatine
locationOfFormation Ahausen
linked to: Auhausen
opposedBy Catholic League
House of Habsburg
reasonForDissolution lack of unity among members
military defeats of Protestant forces
pressure from the Holy Roman Emperor
religion Calvinism
Lutheranism
Protestantism
significantEvent formation in response to the re-Catholicization of Donauwörth
involvement in the early phase of the Thirty Years' War
startTime 1608

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Protestant Union hasAlternativeName Evangelical Union
Evangelical Union alsoKnownAs Union of Evangelical Estates
linked to: Evangelical Union