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Name: War of the Succession of Landshut

Type: Event

Start: 1503 AD

End: 1505 AD

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Was a war that resulted from a dispute between the duchies of Bavaria-Munich (Bayern-München in German) and Bavaria-Landshut (Bayern-Landshut) in the succession of the latter.

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  • December 1503: George, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut, and his wife Hedwig Jagiellon failed to produce a male heir, so George named his daughter Elisabeth (spuse of Ruprecht, Count Palatine of the Rhine) as his heir.
  • August 1504: On August 9th, troops from the Palatinate conquered Kufstein.
  • January 1505: The forces of Nuremberg conquered Lauf, Hersbruck and Altdorf near Nuremberg.
  • January 1505: In the name of their underage sons, the Councilors of the Palatinate nevertheless continued the war, and their commander Georg von Wisbeck succeeded in conquering Vohburg an der Donau.
  • January 1505: Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, took control of Kufstein in 1504 during the War of the Succession of Landshut. Kufstein was previously under the rule of the Duchy of Bavaria, which Maximilian sought to expand his territory.
  • January 1505: The originally Bavarian offices Kufstein, Kitzbühel and Rattenberg in Tirol were lost to Austria in 1504.
  • August 1504: Braunau conquered by the Electoral Palatinate.
  • January 1505: In 1504, Emperor Maximilian I of the Habsburg Dynasty captured the town of Kufstein in the Austrian Tyrol region. This victory allowed the Habsburgs to expand their territories and strengthen their control over the region.

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