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 ⓘ
Christian of Brunswick ⓘ
Ernst von Mansfeld ⓘ
Gustav Horn ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ
Imperial military operations under Emperor Ferdinand II → campaign → Danish phase of the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
linked to: Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War