Several free cities joined this entity rather than renew the Swabian League, while cities such as Nuremberg refused to join out of mistrust for its anti-Hapsburg policies.
A schism among this entity's leaders occurred after the defeat of Henry the Younger of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, in which Jacob Sturm objected to a secret agreement giving the choicest parts of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel to two of its founders. Several free cities joined this entity rather than renew the Swabian League, while cities such as Nuremberg refused to join out of mistrust for its anti-Hapsburg policies. This entity was destroyed after the capture of John Frederick of Saxony and Philip of Hesse at the Battle of Muhlberg. For 10 points, name this mostly defensive alliance of Protestant German states, who were defeated in a namesake mid-sixteenth-century war by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
A schism among this entity's leaders occurred after the defeat of Henry the Younger of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, in which Jacob Sturm objected to a secret agreement giving the choicest parts of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel to two of its founders.
{Schmalkaldic League} [accept {Smalkaldic League}]