Catholic League army

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The Catholic League army was the military force of a coalition of Catholic states in the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War, known for its major role in fighting Protestant powers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern army ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
activeFrom 1610 ⓘ
activeUntil 1635 ⓘ
alliedWith Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Imperial army of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
associatedWith Counter-Reformation in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Reformation
commander Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly ⓘ
Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ
commandStructure under political leadership of the Elector of Bavaria ⓘ
conflict Thirty Years' War ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing Peace of Prague (1635) ⓘ
engagedInBattle Battle of Höchst (1622) ⓘ
Battle of Rain (Lech) ⓘ
Battle of Stadtlohn ⓘ
Battle of White Mountain ⓘ
Battle of Wimpfen ⓘ
equipmentType field artillery ⓘ
matchlock muskets ⓘ
pikes ⓘ
fundedBy member states of the Catholic League ⓘ
garrisonedIn various Bavarian and Catholic League territories ⓘ
historicalRole major Catholic force against Protestant powers in the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
languageOfCommand German ⓘ
militaryTradition Imperial and Bavarian military traditions ⓘ
notableCommander Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim ⓘ
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly ⓘ
notableDefeat Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) ⓘ
Battle of Rain (Lech) ⓘ
notableEvent suppression of the Bohemian Revolt ⓘ
notableVictory Battle of Stadtlohn ⓘ
Battle of White Mountain ⓘ
Battle of Wimpfen ⓘ
operatedIn Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
opposedTo Protestant Union ⓘ
various Protestant states in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
organizedAs mercenary-based army ⓘ
partOf Catholic League (Holy Roman Empire) ⓘ
primaryRecruitmentArea Bavaria ⓘ
Catholic territories of southern Germany ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sponsoredBy Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ
supportedSide Catholic side in the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
usedBranch artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
usedTactics pike and shot formations ⓘ

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Sack of Magdeburg → perpetratorForce → Catholic League army ⓘ
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly → commanded → army of the Catholic League ⓘ
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Palatinate campaign (Thirty Years' War) → involves → Troops of the Catholic League ⓘ
linked to: Catholic League army
Bohemian Revolt → hasOpposingForce → Catholic League forces ⓘ
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Tilly → commanded → Catholic League army ⓘ
Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim → associatedWith → Catholic League forces ⓘ
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Magdeburg's Wedding → hasBelligerent → Catholic League forces ⓘ
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Battle of Stadtlohn → combatantCatholicSide → Catholic League army ⓘ
Battle of Fleurus (1622) → associatedWith → Catholic League forces ⓘ
linked to: Catholic League army
White Mountain → battleBelligerent → Catholic League forces ⓘ
linked to: Catholic League army
Battle of Wolgast (1630s operations) → belligerentAlliance → Catholic-Imperial forces ⓘ
linked to: Catholic League army
Battle of Rain → combatantSide2 → Catholic League army ⓘ
Swedish campaign in Franconia → participant → Catholic League armies ⓘ
linked to: Catholic League army
Battle of Saint-Denis (1567) → religiousSide → Catholic royal army ⓘ
linked to: Catholic League army
Siege of Heidelberg (1622) → involvedForce → Catholic League army ⓘ