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 period 1526–1620 saw a rise in tensions between Catholic Habsburg authorities and Protestant Moravian nobility, mirroring the situation in Bohemia. Moravia remained under Habsburg control until the end of World War I.