Chapter 6: The Great Northern War (1700-1721)

Denmark, Poland-Lithuania and Russia were not fond of the losses the Swedish Empire had inflicted on them in the last century and were looking forward to a rematch. A good moment for that seemed to arrive in 1697, when Karl XI passed away and left the throne to his only 14 year old son Karl XII. Immediately after that, negotiations for an anti-Sweden coalition began. The main instigator of that was Denmark, which wished to regain Southern Sweden. The king of Poland also joined in, wishing to conquer Livonia. And so did Russia, wishing to retake Ingria and Karelia and gain access to the Baltic Sea.



Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia


 

Karl XII, King of Sweden

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