Altona Treaty
Through the Altona Treaty , Duke Christian Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf received his lands back on June 20, 1689.
The Danish King Christian V had forced Christian Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf in 1684 to leave the states he had received again in 1679 in the Treaty of Fontainebleau , Holstein and part of Schleswig. It was not until 1689, through the Altona Treaty, concluded through the mediation of the Imperial , Brandenburg , Electoral Saxony , Dutch and English ambassadors, that the Duke regained his lands. The guarantee powers of the treaty were Sweden , England and the Netherlands. In the Great Northern War , the Altona Treaty was to gain importance again when Denmark's King Frederick IV, together with August the Strong and Peter the Great, again attacked Holstein-Gottorf . The attack called the guarantee powers on the plan, which forced the Danish king in the Peace of Traventhal to recognize the Gottorf suzerainty over the ducal portion of the Duchy of Schleswig and to pay Duke Friedrich IV. 260,000 thalers in compensation.
Web links
- Comparison of Altona. Retrieved June 2, 2015.