Second Margrave War

Second Margrave War
Date1552–55
LocationFranconia, Holy Roman Empire
Territorial
changes
Restoration of the status quo ante
Belligerents
Mgvt Brandenburg-Kulmbach Imp. City Nuremberg
Bp Bamberg
Imp. City Schweinfurt
Bp Würzburg
Abp Mainz
Abp Trier
Bp Speyer
Elct Saxony
Dc Brunswick-Lüneburg
Kgdm Bohemia
Mgvt Meißen

The Second Margrave War (German: Zweiter Markgrafenkrieg) was a conflict in the Holy Roman Empire between 1552 and 1555. Instigated by Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth, it involved numerous raids, plunderings and the destruction of many towns and castles in the empire, especially in Franconia. Other towns in other areas where also affected, such as Mainz, Worms, Oppenheim, Metz, Verdun, Frankfurt, and Speyer.

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