| Swedish expedition to Livonia | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Conflicts between Eric XIV and John III | |||||||||
 Map of Old Livonia by Abraham Ortelius | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Kingdom of Sweden |
 John III Polish–Lithuanian union[a] | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Eric XIV Åke Bengtsson Färla Klas Horn |
Sigismund II Augustus | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 5-6,000 men | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
The Swedish expedition to Livonia was a Swedish military offensive and war[1] directed towards the land controlled by John III in the Baltic in 1562. Despite it being mainly against John III, the Swedes also captured fortresses under the Polish–Lithuanian union. The Swedes also managed to occupy a majority of northern Livonia.[2]
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- ^ Nilsson, August (1886). Den Svenska riksdagen under Erik XIVs regering: akademisk afhandling (in Swedish). Kjellin.
- ^ Frost, Robert I. (16 July 2018). The Oxford History of Poland-Lithuania: Volume I. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-256814-4.