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Dessau, League of.

Organized in July 1525 by Joachim* I Nestor of Brandenburg, Albert of Mainz (see Albert of Brandenburg), George* the Bearded of Saxony, and Erich I and Henry II (the Younger) of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel to oppose the spread of Protestantism. Prots. countered with the League of Torgau.*


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