Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Imperial Knights were exempt from imperial taxes and were not required to quarter troops. After the Protestant Reformation , most Imperial Knights remained Catholic and their families made up a substantial fraction of noble Catholics in much of the Empire outside Austria and Bavaria.
Imperial knight and mercenary active in numerous campaigns during a period of 47 years. Ernst von Mansfeld: 1580–1626 A son of Count Peter Ernst von Mansfeld, Ernst von Mansfeld was a noted mercenary commander during the Thirty Years' War: Georg von Frundsberg: 1473–1528 1492–1527
Knights with Imperial immediacy (Reichsritter) should be added to the subcategory Category:Imperial Knights. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Imperial Knights (1 C, 18 P) M. Medieval German knights (21 P) O. Orders of chivalry of Germany (1 C, 34 P) Pages in category "German knights" The following 20 pages ...
The Holy Roman Empire was a claimed “successor state” to Charlemagne's Carolingian empire along with France and several other realms. The empire was a lot larger than modern day Germany and included the modern day countries Austria, the low countries, large parts of Eastern France, Northern Italy, Slovenia, parts of the northern Baltic, and Switzerland.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us