The term
Diet of Speyer refers to any of several sessions of the
DietThe Reichstag was the parliament of the Holy Roman Empire, and subsequently of the North German Confederation, and of Germany until 1945...
of the
Holy Roman EmpireThe Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period under a Holy Roman Emperor. The first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire was Otto I, crowned in 962. The last was Francis II, who abdicated and dissolved the Empire in 1806 during...
when it chose to meet in the city of
SpeyerSpeyer is a city in Germany with approx. 50,000 inhabitants, located beside the river Rhine. It lies 25 km south of Ludwigshafen and Mannheim. Its oldest known name was Civitas Nemetum, named by a Teutonic tribe, the Nemeter, settling in this area...
,
GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
. The most famous sessions occurred in 1526 and 1529.
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The term
Diet of Speyer refers to any of several sessions of the
DietThe Reichstag was the parliament of the Holy Roman Empire, and subsequently of the North German Confederation, and of Germany until 1945...
of the
Holy Roman EmpireThe Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period under a Holy Roman Emperor. The first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire was Otto I, crowned in 962. The last was Francis II, who abdicated and dissolved the Empire in 1806 during...
when it chose to meet in the city of
SpeyerSpeyer is a city in Germany with approx. 50,000 inhabitants, located beside the river Rhine. It lies 25 km south of Ludwigshafen and Mannheim. Its oldest known name was Civitas Nemetum, named by a Teutonic tribe, the Nemeter, settling in this area...
,
GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
. The most famous sessions occurred in 1526 and 1529.
- The First Diet of Speyer
The First Diet of Speyer was the Diet of the Holy Roman Empire 1526 in the city of Speyer, Germany.-Cause:As Protestantism advanced, the execution of the Edict of Worms became less and less...
(1526)
- The Second Diet of Speyer
The Second Diet of Speyer was convened in March 1529, for action against the Turks, whose armies were pressing forward in Hungary, and would besiege Vienna later in the year, and against the further progress of Protestantism.The Diet opened on 15 March...
(1529)
- The Third Diet of Speyer (1542)
- The Fourth Diet of Speyer
The Fourth Imperial Diet of Speyer, also referred to as the Diet of 1544, was a meeting of princes in the Holy Roman Empire, called together on February 20, 1544 by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor...
(1544)
- The Diet of Speyer (1570)