Battle of Frankenhausen

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The Battle of Frankenhausen was a decisive 1525 clash during the German Peasants' War in which rebellious peasants led in part by radical preacher Thomas Müntzer were brutally defeated by princely forces.

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Battle of Frankenhausen canonical 2
Schlacht bei Frankenhausen 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
aftermath capture and execution of Thomas Müntzer ⓘ
suppression of the German Peasants' War in central Germany ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Schlacht bei Frankenhausen ⓘ
associatedWith German Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Reformation

Thomas Müntzer ⓘ
peasant revolts in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
belligerent Saxon and Hessian princely forces ⓘ
Thuringian peasants ⓘ
forces of the Holy Roman Empire princes ⓘ
rebel peasants ⓘ
casualties thousands of peasants killed ⓘ
chronologyPosition late phase of the German Peasants' War ⓘ
combatantType peasants ⓘ
princely troops ⓘ
commander Duke George of Saxony ⓘ
Duke Henry V of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse ⓘ
Thomas Müntzer ⓘ
conflict German Peasants' War ⓘ
linked to: Peasants’ War
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
date 15 May 1525 ⓘ
followedBy repression of remaining peasant revolts ⓘ
hasCause religious radicalism inspired by the Reformation ⓘ
social and economic grievances of peasants ⓘ
hasParticipant Lutheran and Catholic princes ⓘ
radical preacher Thomas Müntzer ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Müntzer
historicalPeriod Early Modern period ⓘ
historicalRegion Thuringia ⓘ
location Frankenhausen ⓘ
near Frankenhausen ⓘ
outcome consolidation of princely authority ⓘ
weakening of radical Reformation movements ⓘ
partOf German Peasants' War ⓘ
linked to: Peasants’ War
precededBy series of peasant uprisings in Thuringia ⓘ
religiousContext Reformation era ⓘ
result decisive victory for princely forces ⓘ
defeat of the peasant army ⓘ
significance decisive defeat of the peasant movement ⓘ
turning point in the German Peasants' War ⓘ
weaponType artillery used by princely forces ⓘ
improvised peasant weapons ⓘ
year 1525 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Thomas Müntzer → participantIn → Battle of Frankenhausen ⓘ
Battle of Frankenhausen → alsoKnownAs → Schlacht bei Frankenhausen ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Frankenhausen
Bad Frankenhausen → historicalEventNearby → Battle of Frankenhausen ⓘ