Protestant League

The Protestant League was an alliance of Christians across Europe that existed during the War of the Leagues, in Episode XVII of Varna. It was an expansion of the Schmalkaldic League, a Lutheran Protestant alliance secretly operating in the heart of Germany. 
When the Holy Roman Emperor, Bohemia, discovered the alliance on the Day of Ruination, a small religious dispute escalated into a massive religious war involving nearly all of Europe. Austria was the first Lutheran nation to declare war on Bohemia, so the Catholic League of Verdun declared war on Austria, only to suddenly find several Protestant nations across Europe declaring war on them. The Schmalkaldic League was expanded to include these other nations, and was hence renamed officially to the Protestant League, which consisted of the following members:
* Schmalkaldic League members
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* the Habsburg Monarchy (de jure leader)
** Austria
** Royal Hungary
** Croatia (until 1568)
* Sweden (de facto leader)
* England
* the UDK
* Brandenburg
* Pomerania
* Holstein
* Prussia
* (other Hanseatic states TBA)
Both the Schmalkaldic and Protestant Leagues were dissolved in the Peace of Prague negotiations on February 4th, 1571.
Category:Varna Alliances