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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.
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The Catholic League (Latin: Liga Catholica, German: Katholische Liga) was a coalition of Catholic states of the Holy Roman Empire formed 10 July 1609.
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The critical time, which Maximilian‘s clear vision had foreseen, and for which, with characteristic energy, he had been long making provision, made him the undisputed leader of Catholic Germany. On October 8, 1619, Ferdinand and Maximilian came to an agreement at Munich over the support of the League , and the separate support of Bavaria.
Feb 24, 2023 · Led by charismatic and ambitious leaders such as Maximilian, Duke of Bavaria, Johann von Kronberg, Georg von Greiffenklau, and Anselm von Umstadt, the Catholic League united various states such as Augsburg, Bamberg, Bavaria, Cologne, Constance, Eichstätt, Ellwangen, Kempten, Mainz, Passau, Speyer, Strasbourg, Trier, Worms, and Würzburg.
The critical time, which Maximilian's clear vision had foreseen, and for which, with characteristic energy, he had been long making provision, made him the undisputed leader of Catholic Germany. On 8 Oct., 1619, Ferdinand and Maximilian came to an agreement at Munich over the support of the League, and the separate support of Bavaria .
History books refer to their alliance as the Catholic League. The league was composed of territories that mostly covered present-day Belgium, France, and Germany. The opposing side was known as the Protestant Union.
Encyclopedia Volume. Free World Class Education. FREE Catholic Classes. Only three years before the League was established, Duke Maximilian of Bavaria (d. 1651), who was afterwards its leading spirit, declared against the formation of a confederacy of the Catholic states of the empire in Germany, proposed by the spiritual electors.