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Protestant Union (1608-1621)

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Corporate name headingProtestant Union (1608-1621)
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Variant(s)Evangelical Union (1608-1621)
Union of Auhausen (1608-1621)
Protestantische Union (1608-1621)
Evangelische Union (1608-1621)
Union von Auhausen (1608-1621)
Deutsche Union (1608-1621)
Found inChristian von Anhalt und die Kurpfälzische Politik am Beginn des dreissigjährigen Krieges, 1872: p. 35-36 (eine allgemeine Union aller Evangelischen) p. 35ff (Union)
New Encyc. brit., c1993 (Protestant Union, also called Evangelical Union, or Union of Auhausen, German Protestantische Union, Evangelische Union, or Union von Auhausen; military alliance (1608-21) among the Protestant states of Germany for mutual protection against the Roman Catholic states of Counter-Reformation Europe; under the nominal leadership of Frederick IV of the Palatinate; the real leader was Christian I, prince of the minor northern German state of Anhalt; the Union's formation provoked the counter-alliance of the Catholic League (1609) under Maximilian)
Brockhaus Enzy., 1974: v. 19, p. 260 (Protestantische Union, Union von Auhausen, Deutsche Union)