Grumbach Feud
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The “Grumbach Feud”, in 1567, was a rather bizarre episode in the history of the Ernestine side of the House of Wettin, which led to life imprisonment for Elector John Frederick II “the Middle”, the D
The city of Gotha with the Grimmenstein Castle (woodcut from 1572)
Imperial ban signed on 13 May 1566 by Emperor Maximilian II against Duke John Frederick II
Elector Augustus, 1567 guldengroschen (Taler), with the Gotha imprint
Battle of Mühlberg
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The Battle of Mühlberg took place near Mühlberg in the Electorate of Saxony in 1547, during the Schmalkaldic War. The Catholic princes of the Holy Roman Empire led by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
The Battle of Mühlberg by Luis de Ávila y Zúñiga (1550)
Titian's Equestrian Portrait of Charles I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire (1548) celebrates Charles' victory at Mühlberg
Battle of Mühlberg 1547 and imprisonment of elector Johann Friedrich of Saxony (painting from 1630, Deutsches Historisches Museum)