Siege of Varberg
| Siege of Varberg | |||||||
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| Part of Northern Seven Years' War | |||||||
 Danish siege of Swedish-held Varberg, November 1569 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Sweden |
 Denmark | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Bo Birgersson Grip (KIA) |
Daniel Rantzau (KIA)Franz Brockenhuus (KIA) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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The siege of Varberg was a Danish siege of the Swedish-occupied castle of
Denmark-Norway) by Danish forces under the Danish-German general Daniel Rantzau. Rantzau was killed by a Swedish cannonball on 11 November. Danish commander Franz Brockenhuus and Swedish commander Bo Birgersson Grip
were also killed in the battle.
Background
After Swedish king
Eric XIV was deposed in 1568, his brother became king as John III. John sent a delegation to Denmark to negotiate for an end of the Northern Seven Years' War.[1] Frederik II of Denmark was unable to exploit the inner-Swedish conflict, as his treasures were emptied by the costs of his German mercenary armies, on whom he had relied throughout the war,[2] and the rebuilding of the Danish navy.[3]
The Swedish delegation in Rosenkrantz of Boller, governor in North Jutland), Peder Billde (Bilde of Svanholm, commander of Callundborg) and Nils Kaass (Kaas of Taarupgaard, secretary).[4]
References
Bibliography
- ISBN 0-582-06429-5.
- Odhner, Clas Teodor (Theodor), ed. (1897). Meddelanden från Svenska Riksarkivet. Vol. 4. Stockholm: Kungl. Boktryckeriet.
- ISBN 0-521-06930-0.
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