Swedish campaign in Franconia

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The Swedish campaign in Franconia was a major 1631–1632 phase of the Thirty Years' War in which King Gustavus Adolphus’s forces advanced through and occupied much of Franconia, weakening Catholic League power in southern Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign ⓘ
phase of the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
belligerent Catholic League (German states) ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
chronology followed the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) ⓘ
commandedBy Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ⓘ
conflict Thirty Years' War ⓘ
conflictType early modern European land campaign ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
endTime 1632 ⓘ
follows Battle of Breitenfeld ⓘ
hasPart Swedish advance into Franconia (1631) ⓘ
occupation of Franconian territories by Sweden ⓘ
operations against Catholic League forces in southern Germany ⓘ
historicalEra Early Modern period ⓘ
ledBy Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ⓘ
location Franconia ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
militaryTheater German theater of the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
objective to secure Swedish control over Franconian territories ⓘ
to weaken Catholic League power in southern Germany ⓘ
opponent Catholic League (German states) ⓘ
opposedBy Catholic League commanders ⓘ
participant Catholic League armies ⓘ
Swedish Army ⓘ
partOf Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
regionAffected southern Germany ⓘ
result Swedish occupation of much of Franconia ⓘ
weakening of Catholic League influence in southern Germany ⓘ
significance shifted the balance of power in southern Germany toward the Protestant side ⓘ
startTime 1631 ⓘ
timePeriod 1630s ⓘ
year 1631 ⓘ
1632 ⓘ

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Battle of Rain (Lech) → precededBy → Swedish campaign in Franconia ⓘ
Swedish campaign in Franconia → hasPart → Swedish advance into Franconia (1631) ⓘ
linked to: Swedish campaign in Franconia