Maximilian I5 July 1608
To create a union of Catholic states as a counterpart to the Protestant Union Maximilian starts negotiations with other Catholic princes
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To create a union of Catholic states as a counterpart to the Protestant Union Maximilian starts negotiations with other Catholic princes
The Electors of Mainz, Cologne, and Trier had proposed an army of 20,000 men and they had also considered making Maximilian president of the alliance, and on August 30 they announce their adhesion to the Munich agreement
Maximilian becomes president, and the Prince-Bishops of Augsburg, Passau, and Wurzburg his councillors, the League will continue for nine years.
Participating states at a Munich conference conclude an alliance "for the defence of the Catholic religion and peace within the Empire".
This record states: The most important regulation of the League is the prohibition of attacks on one another, so instead of fighting, conflicts have to be decided by the laws of the Empire or, if these fail to resolve conflict.
This record states: by arbitration within the League.
Representatives of all the important Catholic states, except for Austria and Salzburg, and a great number of the smaller ones, meet decide the organisation, funding and arming of the League
Austria joins the Catholic League
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