Electoral Conference at Regensburg (1630–1631)

Timeline

1. 1630Regensburg · BavariaFerdinand II gathered the seven electors at Regensburg, the main agenda being to win princely approval for imperial military aid to the War of Mantua and to have the emperor's son Ferdinand elected King of the Romans. However, the princes were deeply alarmed by the vast imperial army under Wallenstein's control and refused to discuss the succession before the military question was resolved.
2. 1630Regensburg · BavariaUnder the joint pressure of the electors led by Maximilian I (Bavaria), Ferdinand II was forced in August 1630 to dismiss Albrecht von Wallenstein from his post as commander of the imperial army, disbanding most of the roughly 100,000 troops under his control; imperial military power was thus greatly weakened, opening a gap for the Swedish invasion.
3. 1630Regensburg · BavariaThe princes engaged in fierce debate over amending the Edict of Restitution; the emperor refused to withdraw this core of his religious policy, and the conference dissolved without reaching any agreement favorable to the emperor on the succession or imperial religious policy. The failure of the conference heralded a temporary decline of imperial authority and planted the seeds for the revival of the Protestant alliance in 1631.