Knights' War

Knights' War
Part of the European wars of religion
and the Protestant Reformation

Hutten-Sickingen Monument, Ebernburg Castle
Date27 August 1522 – 6 May 1523
Location
Result Imperial victory
Belligerents
[a] Brotherly Convention Holy Roman Empire
Swabian League
Commanders and leaders
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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