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The Holy Roman Empire, [e] also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. [19] It developed in the Early Middle Ages and lasted for almost a thousand years until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars .
Italian War of 1536–1538 Holy Roman Empire Spain Kingdom of France Ottoman Empire: Truce of Nice: Charles V: Italian War of 1542–1546 Holy Roman Empire Saxony Brandenburg Spain England France Ottoman Empire. Regency of Algiers; Jülich-Cleves-Berg Denmark-Norway (1542–1543) Inconclusive: Charles V: Schmalkaldic War. 1546–1547 Holy Roman ...
Map of the empire following the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. The German-speaking states of the early modern period (c. 1500–1800) were divided politically and religiously. . Religious tensions between the states comprising the Holy Roman Empire had existed during the preceding period of the Late Middle Ages (c. 1250–1500), notably erupting in Bohemia with the Hussite Wars (1419–143
The Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), affecting the Holy Roman Empire including the Habsburg monarchy and Bohemia and Moravia, France, Denmark-Norway and Sweden [1] [19] Bohemian Revolt (1618–1620) between the Protestant nobility of the Bohemian Crown and their Catholic Habsburg king. This revolt started the Thirty Years' War, causing ...
Bavaria within the Holy Roman Empire in AD 1000, forming the southeasternmost part of the kingdom of Germany, bordered by the March of Verona to the south, and the March of Carinthia to the east. In 920 AD, Conrad's successor was the German king, Henry the Fowler of the Ottonian dynasty. Henry recognized Arnulf as duke, confirming his right to ...
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wars involving the Holy Roman Empire. This category includes historical wars in which Holy Roman Empire ( 962 – 1806) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. For wars involving East Francia before 962, see Category:Wars involving Francia .
The Eighty Years' War[ note 9] or Dutch Revolt (Dutch: Nederlandse Opstand) (c. 1566/1568–1648) [ note 10] was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands [ note 11] between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war included the Reformation, centralisation, excessive taxation, and the rights and privileges ...
The Nine Years' War (1688–1697), often called the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg [10] – was a conflict between Louis XIV of France and a European coalition of Austria, the Holy Roman Empire, the Dutch Republic, Spain, England and Savoy. It was fought in Europe and the surrounding seas, North America and in India.