Draft:Duke Charles' Finnish campaign

Duke Charles' Finnish campaign
Part of a prelude to the War against Sigismund

Duke Charles insulting the corpse of Clas Fleming after the siege of Åbo
Date1597
Location
Result Victory for Charles
Territorial
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Åbo is captured by the Duke
Belligerents
Forces under Duke Charles Forces under Arvid Stålarm
Commanders and leaders
Duke Charles Arvid Stålarm
Units involved
Unknown Åbo garrison
Strength
500 cavalry
12 banners of knights
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Casualties and losses
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Duke Charles' Finnish campaign was a successful expedition in 1597 executed by the forces of Duke Charles (would later become Charles IX) into Finland, which was at that point controlled by Sigismund loyalists




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  • Isacsson, Claes-Göran (2006). Vägen till stormakt : Vasaättens krig [The road to great power: The wars of the Vasa dynasty] (in Swedish). Norstedts. pp. 287–289. ISBN 9789113015026.
  • Ylikangas, Heikki (1999). Klubbekriget: det blodiga bondekriget i Finland 1596-97 [The club war: the bloody peasant war in Finland 1596-97] (in Swedish). Translated by Huldén, Mats. Atlantis. pp. 360–365. ISBN 9789174866964.