The epoch 1526–1620 was marked by increasing animosity between Catholic Habsburg kings (emperors) and the Protestant Moravian nobility (and other Crowns') estates. Moravia, like Bohemia, was a Habsburg possession until the end of World War I.
The era spanning 1526–1620 was marked by growing tension between Catholic Habsburg rulers and Protestant Moravian aristocracy, as well as other territories under their control. Moravia, like Bohemia, continued to be under Habsburg rule until the conclusion of World War I.