Dominions of Sweden - Livonia

Between 1561 and 1629 Sweden made conquests in the Eastern Baltic. All of them were lost in accordance with the Treaty of Nystad in 1721, which concluded the Great Northern War. Dominions of Sweden - Estonia. Estonia placed itself under Swedish rule in 1561 to receive protection from Russia and Poland as the Livonian Order lost their foothold in the Baltic provinces. Territorially it represented the northern part of present day Estonia.

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Through its minor German principalities, the Swedish kings in their roles as princes and dukes, or Reichsfürsten, of the Holy Roman Empire took part in the German diets from 1648 until the dissolution of the empire in 1806. Dominions of Sweden - Bremen and Verden. In 1648 Sweden received the two bishoprics of Bremen-Verden in the Peace of Westphalia, following the Thirty Years' War. The town of Wildeshausen, which was situated as an exclave was also received. All of them were ceded to Hanover in the peace treaty of 1719.< ...

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Dominions of Sweden, Dominions of Sweden - Baltic Dominions, Dominions of Sweden - Estonia, Dominions of Sweden - Ingria, Dominions of Sweden - Riga, Dominions of Sweden - Livonia, Dominions of Sweden - Ösel, Dominions of Sweden - Scandinavian Dominion, Dominions of Sweden - Continental Dominions, Dominions of Sweden - Bremen and Verden, Dominions of Sweden - Pomerania, Dominions of Sweden - Wismar

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