| Treaty between the Kingdom of Denmark and the Hanseatic League | |
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.JPG) The official treaty in theStralsund Museum of Cultural History | |
| Type | Peace treaty |
| Signed | 24 May 1370 |
| Location | Stralsund,Duchy of Pomerania (present-dayGermany) |
| Parties | Denmark Hanseatic League |
| Ratifiers | Henning Podebusk Niels Jensen Jakob Pleskow Bertram Wulflam |
TheTreaty of Stralsund (Danish:Stralsundfreden 1370,sgd 24 May 1370) ended theSecond Danish-Hanseatic War between theHanseatic League and theKingdom of Denmark. The Hanseatic League reached the peak of its power by the conditions of this treaty.[1][2][3]
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The war began in 1361 when Danish kingValdemar Atterdag conqueredScania,Öland,and Gotland with the major Hanseatic townVisby.[2] In 1362, a Hanseatic counterstrike was repelled by the Danish fleet atHelsingborg. This led Hansa to accept a truce culminating in the unfavourable Treaty of Vordingborg, depriving the league of many of its privileges.[2] Unwilling to accept the treaty, the Hanseatic League, which used to be a trade league rather than a political union, raised a fleet through theConfederation of Cologne in 1367 and renewed their Swedish alliances.[2] Valdemar and his Norwegian son-in-lawHaakon VI were utterly defeated in the following battles[3]
The treaty was negotiated for Denmark byDrostHenning Podebusk and for the Hanseatic League by theburgomastersJakob Pleskow ofLübeck andBertram Wulflam ofStralsund. In the treaty,Visby's freedom was reestablished. Furthermore, Denmark had to assure the Hanseatic League of free trade in the entireBaltic Sea. The Danes had to waive taxes on German merchants in Scania as well. This gave the Hanseatic League a monopoly on the Baltic fish trade. The league also gained the right to veto against Danish throne candidates.[2]
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