Second War of Kappel

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The Second War of Kappel was a 1531 armed conflict in the Swiss Reformation era in which Protestant and Catholic cantons clashed, resulting in the defeat of the Protestant forces and the death of reformer Huldrych Zwingli.

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Generate an image of the Second War of Kappel (The Second War of Kappel was a 1531 armed conflict in the Swiss Reformation era in which Protestant and Catholic cantons clashed, resulting in the defeat of the Protestant forces and the death of reformer Huldrych Zwingli.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil conflict ⓘ
religious war ⓘ
war ⓘ
belligerent Bern ⓘ
Catholic central Swiss cantons ⓘ
linked to: canton of Nidwalden

Zurich ⓘ
chronologyWithin Reformation-era conflicts in Switzerland ⓘ
commandedBy Huldrych Zwingli ⓘ
conflictIn 16th century ⓘ
Early modern period ⓘ
conflictType armed conflict ⓘ
country Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
date 11 October 1531 ⓘ
endTime 1531 ⓘ
follows First War of Kappel ⓘ
hasCause disputes over confessional balance in the Confederacy ⓘ
religious conflicts of the Swiss Reformation ⓘ
tensions between Protestant and Catholic cantons ⓘ
hasConsequence Second Peace of Kappel ⓘ
hasEffect confirmation of Catholic dominance in several Swiss cantons ⓘ
death of Huldrych Zwingli ⓘ
halt of rapid Protestant expansion in the Confederacy ⓘ
hasOutcome restrictions on further Protestant expansion in Catholic cantons ⓘ
territorial and confessional status quo largely restored ⓘ
hasParticipant Catholic cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
Protestant cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
impactOn political balance between Swiss cantons ⓘ
spread of Zwinglian Reformation in Switzerland ⓘ
location Kappel am Albis ⓘ
Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
namedAfter Kappel am Albis ⓘ
notableCommander Huldrych Zwingli ⓘ
notableDeath Huldrych Zwingli ⓘ
opposedBy Catholic cantons ⓘ
linked to: Swiss cantons

Protestant cantons ⓘ
partOf European Wars of Religion ⓘ
Swiss Reformation ⓘ
peaceTreaty Second Peace of Kappel ⓘ
precededBy First War of Kappel ⓘ
religiousContext Catholic–Protestant conflict ⓘ
Protestant Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Reformation
result Catholic victory ⓘ
defeat of Protestant forces ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Kappel am Albis ⓘ
startTime 1531 ⓘ

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Huldrych Zwingli → militaryConflict → Second War of Kappel ⓘ
European wars of religion → hasPart → Wars of Kappel ⓘ
linked to: Second War of Kappel
Kappel am Albis → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Kappel (1531) ⓘ
linked to: Second War of Kappel
Second War of Kappel → significantEvent → Battle of Kappel am Albis ⓘ
linked to: Second War of Kappel
Swiss Reformation → hasKeyEvent → Second War of Kappel ⓘ
Huldrych Zwingli → participantIn → Second Kappel War ⓘ
subject linked to: Huldrych
linked to: Second War of Kappel
First War of Kappel → followedBy → Second War of Kappel ⓘ
Second Peace of Kappel → follows → Second War of Kappel ⓘ
Second Peace of Kappel → follows → Battle of Kappel (1531) ⓘ
linked to: Second War of Kappel
Second Peace of Kappel → hasCause → Second War of Kappel ⓘ
Second Peace of Kappel → conflict → Second War of Kappel ⓘ
First Peace of Kappel → followedBy → Second War of Kappel ⓘ
Zweiter Kappeler Landfriede → relatedTo → Schlacht bei Kappel am Albis (1531) ⓘ
linked to: Second War of Kappel