Fleckenstein Lordship

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Was a lordship of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment

January 1175: Foundation of Fleckenstein Lordship.

Chronology

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1. European wars of religion

Were a series of wars in Europe (and the overseas possessions of European countries) the 16th, 17th and early 18th that started after the Protestant Reformation. Although the immediate causes of the wars were religious, the motives were complex and also included territorial ambitions.

1.1.Thirty Years' War

Was a war that took place mainly in central Europe between 1618 and 1648. The war began as a religious conflict between Catholics and Protestant in the Holy Roman Empire but then escalated into a conflict for the hegemony in Europe between Habsburg Spain and Austria, Sweden and France.

1.1.1.Thirty Years' War Minor Scenarios

A series of conflicts related to the Thirty Years' War.

1.1.1.1.Invasion of Franche Comté (Ten Years War)

Was French invasion of modern-day Franche-Comté, at the time a possession of the Habsburg, during the Thirty Years' War.

January 1645: Following a treaty concluded with Cardinal Mazarin in 1644, France committed to cease hostilities in Franche-Comté, in exchange for the considerable sum of 40,000 écus, thus guaranteeing the region's neutrality once again. The year 1644 thus marked the end of the Ten Years' War in Franche-Comté.

1.1.2.Franco-Swedish Period

Was the fourth main period of the Thirty Years' War. It started with the intervention of the Kingdom of France.

1.1.2.1.North German Front (Sweden)

Was the north German front during the Franco-Swedish period of the Thirty Years' War.

November 1648: When in November Gustaf of Sweden received a report about the signed peace, he ordered his troops to leave. Also the French troops started leaving the occupied territories in the Holy Roman Empire.

1.1.2.2.Low Countries Front (France)

Was the Low Countries front during the Franco-Swedish period of the Thirty Years' War.

January 1636: Spanish occupation of Philippsbourg, Speyer, Landau and Treviri.

1.1.2.3.Rhineland Front (France)

Was the Rhineland front during the Franco-Swedish period of the Thirty Years' War.

May 1645: French General Thurenne advanced up to Bad Mergentheim, where a battle with German field Marshal Franz von Mercy would take place on May, 5 1645.

November 1645: The French evacuate their ephemeral conquests in Germany, systematically devastating them.

May 1648: The French returned to Swabia and then to Bavaria. They defeated the Imperial forces at Zusmarshausen (May 17, 1648) and drove Maximilian of Bavaria out of Munich.

Disestablishment

January 1675: The Fleckenstein was taken twice by French troops towards the end of the 17th century. In 1674 this happened under Marshal de Vauban, without any resistance being offered. In 1680, however, the castle was completely destroyed under General Montclar.