Battle of Stångebro

Main articles: Foundation of Modern Sweden and Sigismund of Sweden When King John III of Sweden died in 1592, his son Sigismund inherited the throne, despite his Catholic upbringing and despite already being King of Poland-Lithuania. However, he was refused coronation unless he agreed to the conditions of a clerical convention in Uppsala, making Sweden decisively protestant. The debate was resolved in 1594, and freedom of religion was proclaimed, although only protestants could hold high offices. The nobility also sought greate ...

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Charles IX (Karl IX) (October 4, 1550 – October 30, 1611), was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son of Gustav Vasa and Margareta Leijonhufvud. By his father's will he got, by way of appanage, the Duchy of Södermanland, which included the provinces of Närke and Värmland; but he did not come into actual possession of them till after the fall of Eric XIV of Sweden in 1569. Charles IX of Sweden - Duke Charles. In 1568 he was the real leader of the rebellion against Eric, ...

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In 1568 he was the real leader of the rebellion against Eric, but took no part in the designs of his brother John III of Sweden against the unhappy king after his deposition. Indeed, Charles's relations with John were always more or less strained. He had no sympathy with John's High-Church tendencies on the one hand, and he sturdily resisted all the king's endeavours to restrict his authority as Duke of Södermanland on the other. The nobility and the majority of the Riksdag of the Estates supported John, however, in his endeavours to unify ...

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Charles IX of Sweden, Charles IX of Sweden - Duke Charles, Charles IX of Sweden - King Charles IX, Charles IX of Sweden - Children

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He married, firstly, Maria of Palatinate-Kleeburg (1561–1589), daughter of Louis VI of Palatinate (1539–1583) and Elisabeth of Hesse (1539–1584). Their children were: Margareta Elisabeth (1580–1585) Elisabeth Sabina (1582–1585) Louis (1583–1583) Catherine (1584–1638), married a prince of the Palatinate Zweibrücken, becoming mother of i.a Charles X Gustav. Gustav ...

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1598 - Events. January 7 - Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I. April 13 - Edict of Nantes - Henry IV of France grants French Huguenots equal rights with Catholics. Considered the end of the French Wars of Religion. May 2 - Peace of Vervins - End of war between France and Spain. September 22 - Ben Jonson is indicted for manslaughter. September 25 - Battle of Stångebro. The Catholic King Sigismund of Sweden an ...

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The conflict between Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden can trace its roots to the War against Sigismund, where Sigismund III, at one time king of both the Commonwealth and Sweden, lost the throne of Sweden during the civil war (1597-1599). Few Commonwealth troops participated in this conflict, and it is mostly regarded as a Swedish civil war, not part of the Polish-Swedish wars. After early stalemate, Sigismund was defeated in the Battle of Stångebro in 1598 and by 1599, Sigismund was dethroned by his uncle, Duke Charles and forced to retreat to the Commonwealth. This also spelled ...

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Polish-Swedish War, Polish-Swedish War - Livonian War, Polish-Swedish War - Polish-Sweden War of 1600-1611, Polish-Swedish War - Polish-Sweden War of 1620-1622, Polish-Swedish War - Polish-Sweden War of 1625-1629, Polish-Swedish War - The Deluge, Polish-Swedish War - The Northern Wars, Polish-Swedish War - The Great Northern War

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Main article: Gustav Vasa Prehistoric Sweden Early History Kalmar Union Modern Sweden A New Great Power Swedish Empire "Age of Liberty" Gustav's Absolutism Union with Norway Modernization Industrialization World War II Gustav Vasa had political and religious difficulties in his kingdom, established in 1523. Shortly after seizing power, he addressed the Pope in Rome with a request for the confirmat ...

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In 1625, the Swedes quickly occupied all of Livonia and Courland by the year's end. In May 1626 Gustav Adolf began the surprising invasion of Prussia. Gustav's landing in East Prussia near Pillau (Baltiysk, Piława]]) with over 8,000 soldiers came as a surprise to the Commonwealth and despite his relatively small forces, Gustav Adolf acting with the support of the Elector of Brandenburg quickly captured all of the coastal towns, with the exception of the largest prize: the city of Gdańsk (Danzig). Commonwealth received no support from its v ...

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Polish-Swedish War, Polish-Swedish War - Livonian War, Polish-Swedish War - Polish-Sweden War of 1600-1611, Polish-Swedish War - Polish-Sweden War of 1620-1622, Polish-Swedish War - Polish-Sweden War of 1625-1629, Polish-Swedish War - The Deluge, Polish-Swedish War - The Northern Wars, Polish-Swedish War - The Great Northern War

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Main article: Eric XIV of Sweden Events were already occurring which ultimately compelled Sweden to depart from her neutrality and lay the foundations of an overseas empire. In the last year of Gustav’s life, 1560, the ancient Livonian Order, amalgamated since 1237 with the more powerful Teutonic Order, had by the secularization of the latter order into the dukedom of Prussia, 1525, become suddenly isolated in the midst of hostile Slavonians. It needed but a jolt to bring down the crazy anachronism, and the jolt came when, in 1558-1560, floods of Muscovites poured over th ...

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Foundation of modern Sweden, Foundation of modern Sweden - Gustav Vasa, Foundation of modern Sweden - Reformation, Foundation of modern Sweden - Eric XIV, Foundation of modern Sweden - John III, Foundation of modern Sweden - Sigismund

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Having singed the Treaty of Stolbovo ending their Ingrian War with Russia in 1617 the Swedes, led by king Gustav II Adolf (Gustavus Adolphus), who was hailed as saviour of Protestant Europe, turned their attention to the Commonwealth again. They have expanded their gains in the disputed Livonia region, taking Dünamünde and Pernau in 1617. When the truce expired in November 1620, Gustav Adolf succeeded in taking the city of Riga after a few weeks of siege. Commonwealth, occupied by a serious war with Ottomans (battles of Cecora and C ...

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Polish-Swedish War, Polish-Swedish War - Livonian War, Polish-Swedish War - Polish-Sweden War of 1600-1611, Polish-Swedish War - Polish-Sweden War of 1620-1622, Polish-Swedish War - Polish-Sweden War of 1625-1629, Polish-Swedish War - The Deluge, Polish-Swedish War - The Northern Wars, Polish-Swedish War - The Great Northern War

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See also: Church of Sweden Thus the Reformation in Sweden was practically the work of one strong man, acting first from purely political and later from purely economic motives for the good of the state as he understood it. In this Gustav acted contrary to the religious instincts of the vast majority of the Swedish nation; for there can be no doubt at all that the Swedes at the beginning of the 16th century were not only still devoted to the old Church, but violently anti-Protestant. This popular Romanism was the greatest of all Gustav’s diffic ...

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Foundation of modern Sweden, Foundation of modern Sweden - Gustav Vasa, Foundation of modern Sweden - Reformation, Foundation of modern Sweden - Eric XIV, Foundation of modern Sweden - John III, Foundation of modern Sweden - Sigismund

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After the battle, the Duke and the King took up negotiations. Charles demanded that Sigismund send home his troops and surrender the Privy Council members loyal to him, and that the King himself stay to attend the Riksdag. Sigismund chose to leave the country instead, sailing back to Poland, but still surrendering the Privy Council members in question. Soon only Kalmar was held by the King's people. When it fell on May 12, 1599, Duke Charles had control over the entire country. When he asked the Riksdag at Linköping in 1600 for suppo ...

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Stångebro is an area around two old bridges over the river Stångån, Stora Stångebro and Lilla Stångebro. Today it is a central part of Linköping, but in the 16th century the city did not extend east of the river. When the forces of Duke Charles approached from the east on the morning of September 25, Sigismund's army charged out of the city and met them at these bridges. A thick fog was instrumental at hiding the troop movements from their respective enemi ...

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