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| | Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Anxious to curtail the area of the struggle, he made a treaty of neutrality with the Protestant Union, and occupied Upper Austria as security for the expenses of the campaign. |
 | | On November 8, 1620 his troops under Johan Tzerclaes, Count of TillyCount Tilly defeated the forces of Frederick V, Elector PalatineFrederick, king of Bohemia and count palatine of the Rhine, at the Battle of White MountainWhite Hill near Prague/. |
 | | In spite of the arrangement with the Union Tilly then devastated the Rhenish Palatinate, and in February 1623 Maximilian was formally invested with the electoral dignity and the attendant office of imperial steward, which had been enjoyed since 1356 by the counts palatine of the Rhine. |
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