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Siege Of Åbo (1563)
The siege of Åbo (1563) was a siege of Turku, Åbo by the royal army under Eric XIV against his brother, John III, in 1563. Background Tensions between Eric XIV and John III In Stockholm, the brothers, Eric XIV of Sweden, Eric XIV and John III of Sweden, John III were competing in who could have the most prestigious court. In the end, the court in Åbo had a more international atmosphere. Catherine Jagiellon, John III's wife, had proven to be a threat to the Swedish government since she was a Catholic and from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Swedish government had begun seeing the Commonwealth as a Swedish enemy and had forbidden John from marrying her, however, this had been refused by John, which led to the parliament announcing him as a traitor and sentencing him to death. Siege In the spring of 1563, open conflict broke out between Eric XIV and John III, with Eric beginning the siege in the summer. Eric's royal army, which consisted of a few thousand, besi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turku
Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while the Turku metropolitan area, metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland, and the third most populous List of urban areas in Finland by population, urban area in the country after Helsinki metropolitan area, Helsinki and Tampere metropolitan area, Tampere. Turku is Finland's oldest city. It is not known when Turku was granted city status. Pope Pope Gregory IX, Gregory IX first mentioned the town of ''Aboa'' in his ''Bulla'' in 1229, and this year is now used as the founding year of the city. Turku was the most important city in the eastern part of the Sweden, Kingdom of Sweden (today's Finland). After the Finnish War, Finland became an Grand Duchy of Finla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
