Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War

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The Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War was a phase of the wider conflict during which Denmark, under King Christian IV, entered the war to defend Protestant interests in northern Germany but suffered decisive defeats that curtailed its influence in European affairs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign
phase of the Thirty Years' War
alsoKnownAs Danish Phase of the Thirty Years' War
Lower Saxon–Danish War
endTime 1629
followedBy Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War
hasBattle Battle of Dessau Bridge
Battle of Lutter
Imperial invasion of Jutland
Siege of Stralsund
hasCause Danish ambitions in the Lower Saxon Circle
concern over Habsburg expansion in northern Germany
defense of Protestant interests in the Holy Roman Empire
hasCommander Albrecht von Wallenstein
Christian IV of Denmark NERFINISHED
Christian of Brunswick NERFINISHED
Ernst von Mansfeld
Gustav Horn NERFINISHED
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly
hasEffect decline of Danish influence in northern Germany
paving the way for Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War
strengthening of Habsburg and Catholic League position
hasLocation Baltic Sea region
Holstein
Jutland
Lower Saxony
northern Germany
hasParticipant Catholic League
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg NERFINISHED
Duchy of Holstein
Electorate of Saxony
Habsburg Monarchy
Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
linked to: Denmark–Norway

Kingdom of England
Lower Saxon Circle
Margraviate of Brandenburg NERFINISHED
Spanish Monarchy
linked to: Spanish monarchy

United Provinces
outcome Danish military defeat
Danish renunciation of interference in German affairs
restoration of Danish territories without war indemnity
partOf Thirty Years' War
politicalContext struggle for hegemony in the Baltic region
precededBy Bohemian–Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War
linked to: Palatinate phase
religiousContext Protestant–Catholic conflict
significantEvent Treaty of Lübeck
occupation of Jutland by Imperial forces
startTime 1625
treaty Treaty of Lübeck
treatyDate 1629

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Christian IV of Denmark notableEvent Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War
Palatinate phase followedBy Danish phase of the Thirty Years' War
linked to: Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War
Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War alsoKnownAs Danish Phase of the Thirty Years' War
linked to: Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War
Treaty of Lübeck (1629) endedConflict Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War