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After the Bohemian Estates elected the Winter King, the Holy Roman Emperor defeated him in battle, regaining the Kingdom of Bohemia but inaugurating the Thirty Years War. Did the Emperor bother making a legal case for overriding the Bohemian's election? If so, what was his argument?

by /u/mrsaturdaypants in /r/AskHistorians

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