Early Modern era · 1547
Battle of Mühlberg
The Battle of Mühlberg took place near Mühlberg in the Electorate of Saxony in 1547, during the Schmalkaldic War. The Catholic princes of the Holy Roman Empire led by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V decisively defeated the Lutheran Schmalkaldic League of Protestant princes under the command of Elector John Frederick I of Saxony and Landgrave Philip I of Hesse.
- When
- 25 Apr 1547
- Where
- Mühlberg/Elbe
- Era
- Early Modern
Topics
Before and after
Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Mühlberg, CC BY-SA 4.0