Bremen-Verden (Denmark)
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Was a immediate fief in the Holy Roman Empire. It was occupied by Denmark in 1712 in the course of the Great Northern War (1700-1721) and later sold to Hanover.
Establishment
- January 1713: In 1712, Denmark conquered the Bremen-Verden state, but sold it in 1715 to the Electorate of Hanover.
Chronology
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1. Northern Wars
A series of wars fought in northern and northeastern Europe from the 16th to the 18th century.
1.1. Great Northern War
Was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
1.1.1. Phase 2: Sweden Defending itself
Was the second phase of the Great Northern War. It consisted in the counterattack of all the countries that Sweden had invaded during the first phase of the war.
1.1.1.1. North German Front of the Great Northern War
Was the theatre of war of northern Germany in the second phase of the Great Northern War.
- May 1715: Following Prussian and Hanoverian occupation, Denmark ceded Bremen-Verden to Hanover on May 2, 1715 in exchange for a compensation payment.
Disestablishment
- January 1787: Based on Gustav Droysen's Map of the Holy Roman Empire in the XVIII century.
Selected Sources
- Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), pp. 46-47