Eric, whose major foreign policy objective is…

November 1561 CE

Eric, whose major foreign policy objective is to free Sweden's Baltic Sea trade from Danish control, immediately sends troops into the area, seizing the region of present northern Estonia.

He first seeks allies in western Europe, unsuccessfully bidding for the hand of England’s Queen Elizabeth.

Realizing the advantage of controlling ports on the eastern Baltic coast, Erik obtains sovereignty over Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia) and its adjacent territories.

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Reval > Tallinn Harjumaa Estonia View →

People
Eric XIV of Sweden View →

Groups
Terra Mariana (Livonian Confederation) View → Livonian Order View → Poland of the Jagiellonians, Kingdom of View → Lithuania, Grand Duchy of View → Sweden, (second) Kingdom of View → Russia, Tsardom of View → Courland and Semigallia, Duchy of View →

Topics
Ostsiedlung (German: Settlement in the East), a.k.a. German eastward expansion View → Protestant Reformation View → Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival) View → Livonian War View →

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Weapons View →

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Commerce View → Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Faith View → Government View → Technology View → Movements View →

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