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  1. 5 days ago · The personal union of the Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian crowns, under Eric of Pomerania, lasted until its dissolution in 1523 and took influence from the Hanseatic League. Where once smaller trading towns had banded together, by the late 14th century, it was the turn of kingdoms to do the same.

  2. 1 day ago · Her successor, Eric of Pomerania (King of Denmark from 1412 to 1439), lacked Margaret's skill and thus directly caused the breakup of the Kalmar Union. Eric's foreign policy engulfed Denmark in a succession of wars with the Holstein counts and the city of Lübeck.

  3. 2 days ago · Eric of Pomerania had a wild life. He was born a son of a duke, but he was crowned king of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden at a young age. But he didn't die a ki...

  4. 1 day ago · The Hanseatic League was a medieval commercial and defensive network of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe. Growing from a few North German towns in the late 12th century, the League expanded between the 13th and 15th centuries and ultimately encompassed nearly 200 settlements across eight modern-day countries, ranging from Estonia in the north and east, to the ...

  5. 5 days ago · George Orwell (born June 25, 1903, Motihari, Bengal, India—died January 21, 1950, London, England) was an English novelist, essayist, and critic famous for his novels Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-four (1949), the latter a profound anti- utopian novel that examines the dangers of totalitarian rule. Born Eric Arthur Blair, Orwell ...

  6. 2 days ago · Poland’s capital city is Warsaw, and other important cities include Krakow and Gdansk. Poland | History, Flag, Map, Population, President, Religion, & Facts | Britannica Poland, a country of central Europe, is located at a geographic crossroads that links the forested lands of northwestern Europe and the sea lanes of the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

  7. 4 days ago · Recovered Territories - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) Origin and use of the term. History before 1945. Pomerania. Gdańsk, Lębork and Bytów. Lubusz Land and parts of Greater Poland. Silesia. Warmia and Masuria. Polish minorities already living in the Recovered Territories. Origin of the post-war population according to 1950 census.

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