Travendahlischer Friede Freden i Traventhal |
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Type | Peace treaty |
Signed | 18 August 1700 |
Location | Travendal (Traventhal) House |
Effective | 1700-1709 |
Signatories |
Johann Hugo von Lente Magnus von Wedderkop Christoph Blome Pincier von Königstein |
Parties |
Denmark-Norway Swedish Empire Holstein-Gottorp guarantors: Holy Roman Empire France United Provinces (Netherlands) United Kingdom (Great Britain) |
Language | German |
The Peace of Travendal was a peace treaty concluded during the Great Northern War on 7 (OS) or 18 (NS) August 1700 between the Swedish Empire, Denmark–Norway and Holstein-Gottorp in Traventhal.
Denmark had to return Holstein-Gottorp to its duke, a Swedish ally, and left the anti-Swedish alliance. The Danes only reentered the war after Sweden's major defeat in the Battle of Poltava, 1709.
In 1698 and 1699, Peter the Great of Russia, Augustus II the Strong of Saxony and Poland–Lithuania, as well as Christian V and his successor Frederick IV of Denmark-Norway agreed on a three-front assault on the Swedish Empire, where minor Charles XII had ascended the throne in 1697.Holstein-Gottorp, just south of Denmark, was tied to Sweden by the marriage of duke Frederick IV to Hedvig Sophia, daughter of Charles XI of Sweden, in 1698. Danish forces entered Holstein-Gottorp in March 1700 and besieged the fortress of Tönning, while August the Strong was advancing through Swedish Livonia.