Truce of Altmark
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The six-year Truce of Altmark was signed on 26 September 1629 in the village of Altmark, in Poland, by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden, with help from Richelieu's envoy Charnacé, ending
Bilingual Polish and Swedish memorial stone in Stary Targ
The Polish–Swedish War was the last in a series fought by Sweden and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth between 1600 and 1629. In July 1626, Gustavus Adolphus landed in Polish Prussia in an attempt to
Truce of Altmark
…the village of Altmark (Stary Targ), in Poland, by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden, with help from Richelieu's envoy Charnacé, ending the Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629), and freeing King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden to enter the Thirty Years' War. The truce allowed Sweden to retain control of Livonia. Sweden also evacuated…
Battle of Trzciana by Józef Brandt