Knights' War | |||||||
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Part of the European wars of religion and the Protestant Reformation | |||||||
![]() Hutten-Sickingen Monument, Ebernburg Castle | |||||||
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~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 Richard, Prince-Bishop of Trier and secularize his lands. The private feud resulted in the death of Sickingen and likely inspired the German Peasants' War of 1524–1526.
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