Treaty of Marienburg
The Treaty of Marienburg of June 23, 1656 was a treaty concluded in Marienburg between Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Prussia and King Karl X. Gustav of Sweden .
The reason for the conclusion of this contract was the worsened political and military situation of the Swedish king Charles X in the Second Northern War , which forced him to win Brandenburg as an ally.
The treaty confirmed the Brandenburg-Swedish alliance made in the Treaty of Königsberg of January 17, 1656; In addition, King Karl X. Gustav handed over the Polish region of Greater Poland , which was occupied by the Swedish troops from 1655, with the voivodeships of Posen and Kalisch to the Elector Friedrich Wilhelm.
Sweden guaranteed Friedrich Wilhelm support against any attack on his possessions. The Brandenburg Elector also agreed to provide 4,000 auxiliary troops for the Swedish-Polish War .
Course of development towards the sovereignty of Prussia
- January 17, 1656 Treaty of Königsberg
- June 23, 1656 Treaty of Marienburg
- 28-30 June 1656 Battle of Warsaw
- November 20, 1656 Treaty of Labiau
- September 19, 1657 Treaty of Wehlau
- November 6, 1657 Treaty of Bromberg
- May 3, 1660 Treaty of Oliva
Individual evidence
- ↑ Werner Schmidt: Friedrich I. - Elector of Brandenburg, King in Prussia , page 19
literature
- Barbara Beuys: The Great Elector - The Man Who Created Prussia , Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1979, p. 179f. ISBN 3-499-17820-6
- Max Braubach: From the Peace of Westphalia to the French Revolution , Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 1974 (= Gebhardt - Handbook of German History , Vol. 10), p. 27 ISBN 3-423-04210-9