Bayreuth (Military Occupation)
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Polity that includes all territories militarly occupied by Bayreuth that are not part of a specific military territory.
Establishment
May 1552: On May 19, 1552, the Prince-Bishop of Bamberg, Georg von Schaumburg, had to admit defeat to Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, during the military occupation of Bayreuth.
Chronology
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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.
January 1553: Capture Forchheim Fortress, occupied Forchheim and threatened the episcopal city of Bamberg.
January 1553: Albrecht Alcibiades, prince of Bayreuth, managed to occupy the imperial city of Schweinfurt, which remained an important base for him until the end of the Second Margrave War.
January 1554: In 1553, troops from Nuremberg, led by Margrave Albert Alcibiades of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Würzburg, led by Prince-Bishop Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt, and Bamberg, under the rule of Prince-Bishop Veit von Würzburg, recaptured parts of their possessions in Forchheim from the Protestant forces during the Second Margrave War.
January 1554: In 1553, troops from Nuremberg, Würzburg, and Bamberg, led by the respective rulers Albrecht Alcibiades, Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, and Veit von Würzburg, recaptured territories that had been seized during the Second Margrave War. The conflict was part of the larger struggle for power and influence in the region between various German states and the Holy Roman Empire.
November 1554: After the margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach was administered by imperial sequestrators, including the Bohemian feudal chancellor Count von Schlick, in a transitional phase, the territory eventually went to the Imperial City of Schweinfurth in 1554.
Disestablishment
January 1554: In 1553, troops from Nuremberg, Würzburg, and Bamberg, led by the respective rulers Albrecht Alcibiades, Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, and Veit von Würzburg, recaptured territories that had been seized during the Second Margrave War. The conflict was part of the larger struggle for power and influence in the region between various German states and the Holy Roman Empire.
January 1554: In 1553, troops from Nuremberg, led by Margrave Albert Alcibiades of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Würzburg, led by Prince-Bishop Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt, and Bamberg, under the rule of Prince-Bishop Veit von Würzburg, recaptured parts of their possessions in Forchheim from the Protestant forces during the Second Margrave War.
November 1554: After the margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach was administered by imperial sequestrators, including the Bohemian feudal chancellor Count von Schlick, in a transitional phase, the territory eventually went to the Imperial City of Schweinfurth in 1554.
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