Knights' War

Knights' War
Part of the European wars of religion
Hutten-Sickingen Monument, Ebernburg Castle
Date 27 August 1522 – 6 May 1523 Location Electoral Rhenish and Upper Rhenish circles of the Holy Roman Empire (present-day Southern Germany) Result Imperial victory
Belligerents
[a] Brotherly Convention	Holy Roman Empire Trier Palatinate Hesse
Commanders and leaders
Franz von Sickingen † Ulrich von Hutten	Prince-bishop Richard of Trier Count Louis V of the Palatine Landgrave Philip of Hesse
Strength
~5,000 infantry ~1,500 cavalry ~36 guns	~5,500 infantry ~1,000 cavalry ~14 guns

The Knights' War, also known as the Imperial Knights' Revolt, (27 August 1522 – 6 May 1523) was a failed attempt by the Brotherly Convention (of knights) led by the Evangelical knight Franz von Sickingen to forcibly remove Prince-bishop Richard of Trier and secularize his lands. The short-lived war resulted in the death of Sickingen and inspired the German Peasants' War of 1524–1526.
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