Alliance of Holy Roman Empire States

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A coalition of allied Holy Roman Empire states during the Second Margrave War (1552-1555).

Establishment

July 1554: The Plassenburg under Joachim von Zedtwitz, residence and state fortress of the Franconian Hohenzollerns, was besieged until June 1554.

Chronology

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1. Margrave Wars

Were two disputes between the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg and the Principality of Brandenburg-Ansbach.

1.1.Second Margrave War

Was a dispute between the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg and the Principality of Brandenburg-Ansbach.

August 1554: N the Battle of Schwarzach in June 1554, Albrecht suffered a defeat and in July 1554 had to surrender the Plassenburg Fortress to the federal troops, who destroyed it.

November 1554: After the margraviate of Bayreuth was administered by imperial sequestrators, including the Bohemian feudal chancellor Count von Schlick, in a transitional phase, it eventually went to the Alliance of Holy Roman Empire States in 1554.

January 1555: Restoration of the status quo ante at the end of the Second Margrave War.