Influenced by Philip Melanchthon, this group's downfall started with an attack against it by Maurice, who became known as the Traitor from Meissen, and ended soon after the Battle of Mühlberg.
Ironically, a few years after this group broke up, its goals were achieved at the Peace of Passau thanks in large part to the Treaty of Chambord between Henry the Second and Maurice of Saxony. Influenced by Philip Melanchthon, this group's downfall started with an attack against it by Maurice, who became known as the Traitor from Meissen, and ended soon after the Battle of Mühlberg. Name this group headed by John Frederick the First of Saxony and Philip the First of Hesse during the sixteenth century which consisted of Lutheran princes within the Holy Roman Empire.
Ironically, a few years after this group broke up, its goals were achieved at the Peace of Passau thanks in large part to the Treaty of Chambord between Henry the Second and Maurice of Saxony.
{Schmalkaldic} League