Truce of Altmark

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Truce of Altmark
Bilingual Polish and Swedish memorial stone in Stary Targ
TypeCeasefire
Signed16 (O.S.)/26 (N.S.) September 1629
LocationAltmark (Stary Targ), Poland
Parties

The six-year Truce of Altmark (or Treaty of Stary Targ, Polish: Rozejm w Altmarku, Swedish: Stillståndet i Altmark) was signed on 16 (O.S.)/26 (N.S.) September 1629 in the village of Altmark (Stary Targ), in Poland,by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden, with helped by Richelieu's envoy Charnacé ending the Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629)，and freeing Gustavus to enter the Thirty Years' War.[1][2][3]

Provisions

The truce allowed Sweden to retain control of

Daugava River was ceded to Sweden (Swedish Livonia), but Latgale, the southeastern area, remained under Polish rule. Sweden received the right to two third of all the shipping tolls at Polish ports, such as at Gdańsk (Danzig) and Elbląg (Elbing) and from the Duchy of Prussia, for six years. The shipping tolls financed Sweden's involvement in the Thirty Years' War.[4]

The Truce of Altmark was signed shortly after Sweden had been defeated by Poland led by

Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. Gustavus was wounded several times and was once saved by one of his men.[5]

The Polish Parliament (

Sigismund III of Poland to enter the truce.[6]

In 1635, the truce was extended by the Treaty of Stuhmsdorf. Sweden gave up the Prussian ports, and Poland ceded most of Livonia with Riga but kept the Latgale region.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Truce of Altmark, 12 September 1629". historyofwar.org. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  2. ISBN 978-1-59017-146-2
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  3. ISBN 9780521451390
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  4. ^ Ulf Sundber (1997). "Stilleståndet i Altmark 1629". svenskakrig/freder. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  5. ^ Stanley A. Ciesielski. "Hetman Stanisław Koniecpolski". Polish American Journal. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Hans Georg V A Boitzenburg". Neue deutsche Biographie. Retrieved 1 July 2019.

Other Sources

  • Ulf Sundberg (2002) Svenska freder och stillestånd 1249-1814 (Hjalmarson & Högberg)
    ISBN 9789189080980

External links

Scan and edition of the treaty

Further reading

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