Knights' Revolt

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The Knights' Revolt was a 1522–1523 uprising of imperial knights in the Holy Roman Empire, led by figures like Franz von Sickingen, seeking to curb princely power and advance Reformation ideas.

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Label Occurrences
Knights' Revolt canonical 6
German Knights' Revolt 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
rebellion ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sickingen uprising ⓘ
Sickingen's War ⓘ
chronologicalPrecedence German Peasants' War ⓘ
linked to: Peasants’ War
conflictType political conflict ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ
social conflict ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
endTime 1523 ⓘ
goal advance Reformation ideas ⓘ
curb princely power ⓘ
defend rights of imperial knights ⓘ
secularization of ecclesiastical territories ⓘ
hasCause anti-clerical sentiment ⓘ
decline of imperial knights ⓘ
economic difficulties of the knightly class ⓘ
growth of territorial princely power ⓘ
influence of the Protestant Reformation ⓘ
opposition to ecclesiastical principalities ⓘ
hasEffect defeat of the imperial knights ⓘ
further weakening of the knightly class ⓘ
limited impact on long-term Reformation politics ⓘ
strengthening of territorial princes ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Early Modern period ⓘ
hasInfluence Protestant Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Reformation
hasParticipant Franz von Sickingen ⓘ
Ulrich von Hutten ⓘ
imperial knights ⓘ
leader Franz von Sickingen ⓘ
Ulrich von Hutten ⓘ
location Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Palatinate ⓘ
Rhineland ⓘ
southwestern Germany ⓘ
mainSubject imperial knighthood ⓘ
notableBattle Siege of Landstuhl (1523) ⓘ
Siege of Trier (1522) ⓘ
opposedBy Archbishop-Elector Richard von Greiffenklau zu Vollrads of Trier ⓘ
Elector Palatine Louis V ⓘ
Landgrave Philip I of Hesse ⓘ
linked to: Landgrave of Hesse

princes of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
outcome failure of the revolt ⓘ
partOf early Reformation conflicts ⓘ
history of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
result death of Franz von Sickingen ⓘ
startTime 1522 ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ulrich von Hutten → participatedIn → Knights' Revolt ⓘ
Franz von Sickingen → participantIn → Knights' Revolt ⓘ
Siege of Trier (1522) → conflict → German Knights' Revolt ⓘ
linked to: Knights' Revolt
Siege of Trier (1522) → partOf → German Knights' Revolt ⓘ
linked to: Knights' Revolt
Siege of Trier (1522) → hasCause → German Knights' Revolt ⓘ
linked to: Knights' Revolt
Siege of Landstuhl (1523) → conflict → Knights' Revolt ⓘ
Siege of Landstuhl (1523) → hasCause → Knights' Revolt ⓘ
Franz von Sickingen → participatedIn → Knights' Revolt ⓘ
subject linked to: von Sickingen