a question for the college of electors, and petitioned that the Lutheran churches in Prague should be reopened as a prerequisite for a lasting peace. The emperor accepted that clemency would be extended to Frederick if he submitted without delay and made a declaration of obedience, but insisted that he had permanently forfeited any personal right to take part in imperial elections, and that questions of succession to his lands would be a matter for a future assembly. The electoral dignity was to be transferred to Maximilian, but to revert to Frederick's heir or successor after Maximilian's death. Results Maximilian was invested with the electoral dignity at a ceremony held on 25 February. Since Frederick of the Palatinate's children and heirs by Elizabeth Stuart were grandchildren of James I of England, the electoral transfer was expected to lead to greater English involvement in the Thirty Years' War. This ultimately fed into Sir Charles Morgan's expedition of 1627 in support of Christian IV of Denmark. References Bibliography Gerhard Taddey: "Regensburger Kurfürstentag". In: Ders.: Lexikon der deutschen Geschichte. 2.überarb. Aufl. Stuttgart, 1982 S.1016 Johannes Burkhardt: Der Dreißigjährige Krieg. Frankfurt am Main, 1992 S.93 Acta Ratisbonensia (1623), available on Google Books Regensburg Thirty Years' War Regensburg 1623 in the Holy Roman Empire 1623 in politics History of Altbayern Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor