Swedish invasion of Poland (1701–1702)

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invasion military campaign

The Swedish invasion of Poland (1701–1702) was an early campaign of the Great Northern War in which King Charles XII’s forces overran much of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, undermining King Augustus II’s rule and setting the stage for subsequent major battles.

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Label	Occurrences
Polish theater of the Great Northern War	1
Swedish invasion of Poland (1701–1702) canonical	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	invasion ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
aimedAt	forcing Augustus II out of the anti-Swedish coalition ⓘ reshaping the political alignment within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
chronologicalOrder	after Swedish victories against Denmark–Norway and Russia ⓘ
conflictSide	Augustus II’s coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles XII’s coalition ⓘ
conflictType	offensive campaign ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Kliszów NERFINISHED ⓘ continued Swedish campaigns in Poland ⓘ
hasBelligerent	Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish–Lithuanian forces loyal to Augustus II ⓘ Swedish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCause	Great Northern War NERFINISHED ⓘ Swedish attempt to neutralize Augustus II the Strong ⓘ
hasCommander	Augustus II the Strong NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles XII of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEndTime	1702 ⓘ
hasLocation	Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasObjective	overrun much of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ undermine the rule of Augustus II the Strong ⓘ
hasParticipant	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ Saxony–Poland personal union NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasResult	Swedish military success ⓘ occupation of large parts of Poland by Sweden ⓘ political destabilization of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ weakening of Augustus II’s authority in the Commonwealth ⓘ
hasStartTime	1701 ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 18th century ⓘ
involves	Saxon and Polish–Lithuanian troops ⓘ Swedish field army under Charles XII NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryTheater	Central and Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Great Northern War NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalContext	elective monarchy of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ personal union of Saxony and Poland under Augustus II ⓘ
precededBy	Swedish campaign in Livonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	contributed to the eventual dethronement of Augustus II in favor of a Swedish-backed candidate ⓘ set the stage for later major battles in Poland ⓘ
temporalContext	early phase of the Great Northern War ⓘ

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Battle of Kliszów → precededBy → Swedish invasion of Poland (1701–1702) ⓘ

Battle of Fraustadt → theater → Swedish invasion of Poland (1701–1702) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polish theater of the Great Northern War