30YearsWar #47: The Road To Regensburg

When Diplomacy Fails Podcast

Zack Twamley

Phd, International Relations, Korean War, European History, 17th Century, 18th Century, Politics, 20th Century, Thirty Years' War, History, 19th Century, War, First World War

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🗓️ 8 December 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

By the dawn of 1630, the Emperor's triumph was secure in the Empire, but now he would have to reckon with the princes and electors of that Empire. They had some steep demands of their own - the dismissal of Wallenstein, and a lasting peace plan which would guarantee their security. The Emperor's wish for a declaration of war on the Dutch, and the confirmation of his son as heir, would have to wait.

Further afield, storm clouds loomed on the horizon which threatened the hard won triumphs. The Spanish demanded a higher contribution from their Austrian cousins; the war in North Italy had turned against their interests, and required more and more soldiers from the Emperor's reserves. The Dutch continued to defeat Spain in detail, and the French continued to finance their exploits. But even worse news was to come.

King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, armed with a long list of grievances and a large army, landed in Germany just as the Regensburg meeting was settling. He had picked an ideal moment to do so. The Empire was divided religiously thanks to the Edict of Restitution; Wallenstein had been dismissed; the German princes were all wary of the Emperor's promises and weary of war, and on top of this, the bulk of Habsburg forces had been diverted far from North Germany, and in the quagmire in North Italy. All that remained, was for the King of Sweden to land his first blow, and all the triumphs of the last decade could come crumbling down...

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0:00.0	Thanks for your support on Patreon, Rebecca Eager. Rebecca Eager was a lady in waiting to Elizabeth
0:06.3	Stewart, the Electress Palatine or the Winter Queen. Alongside the Winter Queen, Rebecca
0:12.2	Eager prayed fervently for the intervention of Sweden to save the Palatine family from ruin,
0:18.7	and her prayers were answered. This of course is all a lie,
0:22.5	but if you would like me to lie about you,
0:24.3	then head on over to patreon.com
0:26.0	for it slash when diplomacy fails.
0:28.6	More on that later, but for now, enjoy.
0:30.9	Episode 47 of the 30 Years' War.
0:34.7	Music Years' War.
0:52.8	Hello and welcome history friends, patrons all to the Thirty Years' War. So it is great to be back after, well, not really being around last week because I had the worst cold I've had in years.
1:00.0	I pretty much never get sick, but the sickness was real in the last week.
1:04.0	I was utterly miserable and I also sounded disgusting.
1:08.0	So when I say I did you a favour by not recording trust me I did
1:12.2	you and the audio gods plenty of favours by staying quiet does mean we're slightly
1:17.7	behind but the good news is I'll be podcasting every week the last episode I'll
1:23.1	release in 2021 will be on the 20th of December and then we'll return on the 10th of January so basically
1:30.8	we're taking two weeks off for Christmas and New Year's the usual this is pretty much what I do
1:35.7	every time and it seems to work fairly well but up until then there'll be three more episodes to go
1:41.2	so I'm trying to kind of make up for my absence and then all the faffing
1:46.2	about with Michael the 3rd before then. Speaking of which, I've got some good feedback from you guys.
1:52.1	You say that Michael the 3rd sounds a lot better than Michael the 2nd and I have to agree with you.
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