Knights' Revolt

Knights' Revolt
	Part of the European wars of religion
	; Hutten-Sickingen Monument, Ebernburg Castle
Date	27 August 1522 – 6 May 1523
Location	Palatinate and Trier (present-day Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
Result	Imperial victory
Belligerents
Brotherly Convention of Knights	Holy Roman Empire; Trier; Palatinate; Hesse;
Commanders and leaders
Franz von Sickingen (WIA); Ulrich von Hutten;	Archbishop Richard of Trier; Count Louis V of the Palatine; Landgrave Philip of Hesse;
Strength
~5,000 infantry; ~1,500 cavalry; ~36 guns	~5,500 infantry; ~1,000 cavalry; ~14 guns

The Knights' Revolt, also known as the Barons' Revolt, (27 August 1522 – 6 May 1523) was a short-lived revolt by several German Protestant, imperial knights, led by Franz von Sickingen, against the Archbishop Richard of Trier. It has been called the Poor Barons' Rebellion as it inspired the bloody German Peasants' War of 1524–1526.

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