Livonian Wars

Livonian War

A battle is shown raging outside a fortress, with some attackers attempting to use ladders to climb the large wall.

Siege of Narva by the Russians in 1558, by Boris Chorikov, 1836.

Date	1558–1583
Location	Northern Europe: Estonia, Livonia, Ingria, Russia
Result	Dano–Norwegian, Polish–Lithuanian and Swedish victory
Territorial changes	Cession of: Estonia to Sweden Livonia, Courland and Semigallia to Poland–Lithuania Ösel to Denmark–Norway

Belligerents

Livonian Confederation
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(before 1569 the Polish–Lithuanian union)
Denmark–Norway
Kingdom of Sweden
Zaporozhian Cossacks

Principality of Transylvania (after 1577)

Tsardom of Russia
Qasim Khanate
Kingdom of Livonia

Commanders and leaders

Gotthard Kettler

Ivan IV
Shahghali
Sain-Bulat
Magnus of Livonia

Cession of:

Livonian Confederation
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(before 1569 the Polish–Lithuanian union)
Denmark–Norway
Kingdom of Sweden
Zaporozhian Cossacks

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