Peace of Vordingborg (1435)

View from the ruins of Vordingborg Castle over the harbor

The Peace of Vordingborg ended the war between the Kalmar Union, the Hanseatic League and Holstein . He was born on 15th / 17th July 1435 between King Erik VII. Of Denmark on vordingborg castle with Adolf VIII. Von Holstein for Holstein , the extending Duchy of Schleswig secured, and the cities of the Wendish and Saxon district of the Hanseatic League , under the leadership of Lübeck to End of the armed conflict that began in 1425 closed. The peace confirmed the privileges of the Hanseatic cities of the Wendish Quarter, especially in trade between the Bergen drivers and Norway . Hamburg mayor Hein Hoyer negotiated on the part of the Hanseatic League .

The peace treaty finally led in 1438 to the deposition of King Erik in all kingdoms of the Kalmar Union .

See also

• Peace of Vordingborg (1365)
• Tidemann Steen , luckless mayor of Lübeck

literature

• Philippe Dollinger : The Hanseatic League . 5th extended edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-520-37105-7 , ( Kröner's pocket edition 371).
• Antjekathrin Graßmann (Ed.): Lübeckische Geschichte . Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1988, ISBN 3-7950-3202-4 .