Alternative History
War of the Lions
Principia Moderni IV

Stained-glass pane stylizing the War of the Lions.
Date 1416/18 - 1419
Location North Germany, Low Countries, Baltic Sea, West Germany
Result Treaty of Prague
  • No real territorial changes in Bohemia
  • Burgundian rule of the Netherlands solidified
Belligerents
Bohemia

Pomerania(1416)
Denmark(after 1416)
Holland(1418)
Cologne
Lüneburg

Brandenburg
  • Luxembourg

Burgundy

Denmark(1416)
Sweden
Pomerania(since 1416)
France(since 1418)

Commanders and leaders
Wenceslaus V
Frederick

John I

  • John de Luxembourg

Otto II
Kristjen I
Louis X

And who are you, the proud lord said,

that I must bow so low?
Only a cat of a different coat,
that's all the truth I know.
In a coat of white, or a coat of red,
a lion still has claws.
And mine are long, and sharp, my lord,
as long and sharp as yours.
And so he spoke, and so he spoke,
that lord of Luxembourg.
But now the rains weep o'er his hall,
with no one there to hear.
Yes, now the rains, weep o'er his hall.
and not a soul to hear...

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