Knights' War

Knights' War
	Part of the European wars of religion; and the Protestant Reformation
	; 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
Brotherly Convention	Holy Roman Empire; Swabian League
Commanders and leaders
Franz von Sickingen †; Ulrich von Hutten;	Richard, Prince-Bishop of Trier; Louis V, Count Palatine of the Rhine; Philip, Landgrave 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 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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