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The Bremen-Verden Campaign ( German: Bremen-Verdener Feldzug) was a conflict during the Northern Wars in Europe. From 15 September 1675 to 13 August 1676 [6] an anti-Swedish coalition comprising Brandenburg-Prussia, the neighbouring imperial princedoms of Lüneburg and Münster, and Denmark-Norway, conquered the Duchies of Bremen and Verden .
- 15 September 1675 – 13 August 1676
- Duchies of Bremen and Verden
- Allied victory
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The Bremen-Verden Campaign ( German: Bremen-Verdener Feldzug) was a conflict during the Northern Wars in Europe. From 15 September 1675 to 13 August 1676 an anti-Swedish coalition comprising Brandenburg-Prussia, the neighbouring imperial princedoms of Lüneburg and Münster, and Denmark-Norway, conquered the Duchies of Bremen and Verden. Groenlo.
- 15 September 1675-13 August 1676
- Allied victory
- Duchies of Bremen and Verden
Bremen-Verden, formally the Duchies of Bremen and Verden ( German pronunciation: [ˈfɛɐ̯dən]; German: Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden ), were two territories and immediate fiefs of the Holy Roman Empire, which emerged and gained imperial immediacy in 1180.
The Swedish wars on Bremen were fought between the Swedish Empire and the Hanseatic town of Bremen in 1654 and 1666. Bremen claimed to be subject to the Holy Roman Emperor, maintaining Imperial immediacy, while Sweden claimed Bremen to be a mediatised part of her dominions of Bremen-Verden, themselves territories immediately beneath the emperor ...
- 1654, 1666
- Treaties of Stade (1654) and Habenhausen (1666)
- Bremen-Verden, Bremen
From 1712 to 1715, Bremen-Verden was under Danish occupation; in 1715 Denmark sold the territory to Britain (King George I. was also Duke-Elect of Hannover). In 1719 Sweden ceded Bremen-Verden to Hannover , a change recognized by the Emperor only in 1733.
Bremen-Verden, formally the Duchies of Bremen and Verden (German pronunciation: [ˈfɛɐ̯dən]; German: Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden), were two territories and immediate fiefs of the Holy Roman Empire, which emerged and gained imperial immediacy in 1180. By their original constitution they were prince-bishoprics of the Archdiocese of Bremen and Bishopric of Verden.