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 wars
surface form: 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 Governorate
surface form: Livonia north of the Daugava River

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
surface form: Duchy of Prussia under Polish suzerainty

Royal Prussia
surface form: Royal Prussia (formal sovereignty)
signedDuringReignOf Sigismund III Vasa
supersededBy Treaty of Stuhmsdorf

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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