Event

Capitulation of Franzburg

20 Nov 1627 · 54.19° N, 12.88° E

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When
20 Nov 1627
Kind
Event
Coordinates
54.19° N, 12.88° E

Placed at the town named in the title of the event it links, Franzburg.

Summary

Thirty Years' War: Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania, signs the Capitulation of Franzburg, in which Pomerania is forced to pay for the Imperial army that Wallenstein sent to occupy it. Nonetheless, despite the treaty, Pomerania is devastated by the Imperial troops.

Capitulation of Franzburg

1627 capitulation treaty of Pomerania to the Holy Roman Empire

The capitulation of Franzburg was a treaty providing for the capitulation of the Duchy of Pomerania to the forces of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War. It was signed on 10 November (O.S.) or 20 November (N.S.) 1627 by Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania, and Hans Georg von Arnim, commander in chief of an occupation force belonging to the army of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, led by Albrecht von Walle…

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