Truce of Altmark

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The Truce of Altmark was a 1629 armistice between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden that ended a phase of their long-running conflict and granted Sweden significant territorial and economic gains in the Baltic region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armistice ⓘ
peace treaty ⓘ
truce ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Altmark armistice ⓘ
Rozejm w Altmarku ⓘ
alsoKnownAsLanguage Polish ⓘ
calendar Gregorian calendar ⓘ
calendarOldStyle Julian calendar ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1629 ⓘ
conflict Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629) ⓘ
context Swedish Empire expansion ⓘ
struggle for control of the Baltic Sea ⓘ
country1 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
country2 Sweden ⓘ
dateSigned 26 September 1629 ⓘ
dateSignedOldStyle 16 September 1629 ⓘ
duration 6 years ⓘ
effect allowed Sweden to focus resources on the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
strengthened Swedish naval and commercial position in the Baltic ⓘ
weakened Polish–Lithuanian influence in the Baltic trade ⓘ
endedPhaseOfConflictBetween Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
expired 1635 ⓘ
grantedControlOf Memel customs revenues ⓘ
Pillau customs revenues ⓘ
Pärnu ⓘ
Riga ⓘ
key Baltic ports ⓘ
grantedRight customs duties on Polish exports via Royal Prussia ports ⓘ
customs duties on Polish grain exports via Gdańsk ⓘ
grantedTerritory Livonia north of the Daugava River ⓘ
linked to: Livonia Governorate

majority of Livonia to Sweden ⓘ
grantedTo Sweden ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locationPresentDay Poland ⓘ
locationSigned Altmark ⓘ
Stary Targ ⓘ
monarchOfParty Grand Duke of Lithuania ⓘ
King of Poland ⓘ
otherMonarchParty Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ⓘ
partOf Polish–Swedish wars ⓘ
result Swedish economic gains in the Baltic region ⓘ
Swedish territorial gains in the Baltic region ⓘ
temporary cessation of hostilities ⓘ
retainedBy Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
retainedTerritory Duchy of Prussia under Polish suzerainty ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Prussia

Royal Prussia (formal sovereignty) ⓘ
linked to: Royal Prussia
signedDuringReignOf Sigismund III Vasa ⓘ
supersededBy Treaty of Stuhmsdorf ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Polish–Swedish wars → concludedBy → Truce of Altmark ⓘ
Swedish Livonia → establishedAsResultOf → Truce of Altmark ⓘ
Battle of Trzciana → followedBy → Truce of Altmark ⓘ
Treaty of Stuhmsdorf → replaced → Truce of Altmark ⓘ
Gustavus Adolphus’s Prussian campaign → legalOutcome → Truce of Altmark (1629) ⓘ
linked to: Truce of Altmark
Battle of Honigfeld → followedBy → Truce of Altmark (1629) ⓘ
linked to: Truce of Altmark
Stary Targ → historicallyNotableFor → Truce of Altmark ⓘ
Stary Targ → hasEvent → Truce of Altmark ⓘ
Stary Targ → eventDateAtLocation → 1629 Truce of Altmark signing ⓘ
linked to: Truce of Altmark
Rozejm w Altmarku → hasEnglishName → Truce of Altmark ⓘ
Treaty of Sztumska Wieś → terminated → Truce of Altmark ⓘ
Treaty of Sztumska Wieś → succeeded → Truce of Altmark ⓘ