User:Gvssy/Polish-Swedish War (1563–1568)
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The Polish-Swedish War (1563–1568), also called the First Polish War (Swedish: Första Polska Kriget)[1][2][3] was a war primarily in the Baltic waged during the larger Northern Seven Years' War between Sweden and the Polish–Lithuanian union, the Duchy of Courland, parts of the Livonian nobility, and Estonian rebels[4] from 1563 to 1568 The war ultimately ended when John III became the King of Sweden,[1][2] and the war resulted in a Swedish victory.[5]
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Polish-Swedish War | |||||||||
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Part of the Northern Seven Years' War | |||||||||
Map of Old Livonia by Abraham Ortelius, where the fighting during the war took place | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Sweden |
Denmark–Norway Lübeck | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Eric XIV Svante Sture Åke Bengtsson Färla [sv] Henrik Klasson Horn Håkan Olsson Torsten Henriksson Clas Kursell Johann Maydell Goswinsson (POW) Hans Boije af Gennäs (POW) |
Sigismund II Augustus Konrad von Oldenbokum † Henrik Dücker Kuntz von Ende † Alexander Polobentski Talwos Gotthard Kettler Reinhold Zöge | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
Pernau garrison Reval garrison Karkus garrison |
Leal garrison Lode garrison Hapsal garrison Pernau garrison | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
1563 450 men 2 companies and 3 banners 1564 893 men[lower-alpha 2] End of the year 2,400 men 900 cavalry 1565 2,467 men 907 cavalry 1566 Unknown amount of men Several ships 1567 At least 2,000 men 1568 18 ships |
1563 800 Poles and Tatars 2 companies 4 banners 1564 Unknown 1565 200 men at Pernau Reinforcements 1,017 men 27 knights 6 banners of cavalry 1566 4,000 men 1567 Unknown 1568 Unknown | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
1563 Neglible 1564 200 defected 1565 100 killed 1566 Unknown 1567 2,000 men 1568 Heavy |
1563 Neglible 1564 Unknown 1565 Heavy 1567 Placeholder 1568 Placeholder |
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