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- Catholic League, a military alliance (1609–35) of the Catholic powers of Germany led by Maximilian I, duke of Bavaria, and designed to stem the growth of Protestantism in Germany. In alliance with the Habsburg emperors, the League’s forces, led by Johann Tserclaes, Graf von Tilly, played a key role in the Thirty Years’ War.
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The Catholic League in defeat. In 1630, Ferdinand II dismissed his Generalissimus Wallenstein. Now, the Catholic League was in control of all the Catholic armed forces. At the First Battle of Breitenfeld, the Catholic League led by General Tilly was defeated by the
Catholic League, a military alliance (1609–35) of the Catholic powers of Germany led by Maximilian I, duke of Bavaria, and designed to stem the growth of Protestantism in Germany. In alliance with the Habsburg emperors, the League’s forces, led by Johann Tserclaes, Graf von Tilly, played a key role.
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Nov 24, 2020 · Neuschwanstein Castle is in the very south of Germany, close to the Austrian border. It’s about 1hr 40 minutes from both Innsbruck (Austria) and Munich (Germany) through scenic countryside. Car is the easiest method of getting here, but otherwise trains from Munich to Füssen take about two hours: from there, you’ll need to get on a bus to ...
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Feb 24, 2023 · Led by Maximilian I, Duke of Bavaria, the league aimed to unite the Catholic states of the Holy Roman Empire under a single banner to ensure the survival of Catholicism in the region. The league provided financial and military support to Catholic states, including the Habsburgs, and played a crucial role in the Thirty Years' War, a conflict ...
Christianization of the Germans. Saint Boniface, Baptising and Martyrdom, from the Sacramentary of Fulda. The earliest stage of Christianization of the various Celtic people and Germanic people occurred only in the western part of Germany, the part controlled by the Roman empire. Christianization was facilitated by the prestige of the Christian ...
Dec 18, 2019 · The history of Neuschwanstein Castle. Commissioned in 1868 by King Ludwig II of Bavaria as a monument to German composer Richard Wagner, as with any fairytale, the story behind this castle’s creation is full of mystery and intrigue. It’s a tragic tale of a handsome young prince with a passion for music, art and architecture, who ascended ...
Ludwig II, Christian Jank. Neuschwanstein Castle ( German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, pronounced [ˈʃlɔs nɔʏˈʃvaːnʃtaɪn]; Southern Bavarian: Schloss Neischwanstoa) is a 19th-century historicist palace on a rugged hill of the foothills of the Alps in the very south of Germany, near the border with Austria. It is located in the Swabia ...
