Schmalkaldic War

Schmalkaldic War
	Part of European wars of religion
	; Titian's Equestrian Portrait of Charles V (1548) celebrates Charles's victory at the Battle of Mühlberg.
Date	10 July 1546 – 23 May 1547
Location	Holy Roman Empire
Result	Imperial victory Capitulation of Wittenberg: Schmalkaldic League dissolved, Saxon electoral dignity passed to the Albertine House of Wettin;
Belligerents
Holy Roman Empire Habsburg Austria; Electorate of Saxony; Bohemian Crown; Habsburg Spain; Habsburg HungarySupported by:; Papal States	Schmalkaldic League: Electorate of Saxony; Hesse; Electoral Palatinate; Bremen; Lübeck; Brunswick-Lüneburg; Württemberg; Pomerania-Wolgast; Anhalt-Köthen; Brandenburg-Küstrin; Lesser German states; Supported by:; Kingdom of England
Commanders and leaders
Charles V; Ferdinand I; Archduke Maximilian; Duke of Alba; Maurice of Wettin; Ottavio Farnese;	John Frederick I; Philip I; Frederick III; Ulrich I; Philip I; Wolfgang; Sebastian Schertlin von Burtenbach;
Strength
1546; 56,000	1546; 50,000

The Schmalkaldic War (German: Schmalkaldischer Krieg; July 1546 – May 1547) was fought within the territories of the Holy Roman Empire between the allied forces of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Maurice, Duke of Saxony against the Lutheran Schmalkaldic League, with the forces directly loyal to Charles fighting under the command of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba.