Siege of Mannheim (1622)

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The Siege of Mannheim (1622) was a key early Thirty Years' War engagement in which Spanish and Catholic League forces captured the strategically vital Protestant stronghold of Mannheim in the Electoral Palatinate.

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Siege of Mannheim (1622) canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement
siege
afterEffect strengthening of Habsburg and Catholic League control in southwestern Germany
attacker Catholic League troops
Spanish troops
belligerent Catholic League (German)
Electoral Palatinate
Protestant Union
Spanish Empire
combatantReligion Catholic
Protestant
conflict Thirty Years' War
country Holy Roman Empire
defender English garrison
Protestant forces
endTime 1622-11-02
followedBy Siege of Frankenthal (1623)
garrisonCommander Sir Horace Vere
linked to: Horace Vere
hasCause Bohemian Revolt and its aftermath
hasLocation Electoral Palatinate
Holy Roman Empire
Mannheim
hasParticipant Catholic League (German)
Electoral Palatinate
Protestant Union forces
Spanish Empire
historicalPeriod Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period
involves artillery bombardment
siege warfare
locatedOn Rhine River
linked to: Rhine
opposingCommander Jorge de Córdoba
Sir Horace Vere
linked to: Horace Vere

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outcome surrender of the Mannheim garrison
partOf Catholic reconquest of the Palatinate
European wars of religion
Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War
linked to: Palatinate phase
precededBy Battle of Höchst (1622)
Battle of Wimpfen
result Catholic victory
capture of Mannheim by Spanish and Catholic League forces
significance contributed to the downfall of Frederick V of the Palatinate
early major Catholic success in the Thirty Years' War
startTime 1622-10-20
strategicImportance control of Rhine communications
control of the Electoral Palatinate
year 1622

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Siege of Heidelberg (1622) followedBy Siege of Mannheim (1622)