Siege of Varberg
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The siege of Varberg was a Danish siege of the Swedish-occupied castle of Varberg in Halland, present-day Sweden (then part of Denmark-Norway) by Danish forces under the Danish-German general Daniel Rantzau. Rantzau was killed by a Swedish cannonball on 11 November. Danish commander Franz Brockenhuus and Swedish commander Bo Birgersson Grip were also killed in the battle.
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Siege of Varberg | |||||||
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Part of Northern Seven Years' War | |||||||
Danish siege of Swedish-held Varberg, November 1569 | |||||||
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Sweden | Denmark | ||||||
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Bo Birgersson Grip (KIA) |
Daniel Rantzau (KIA) Franz Brockenhuus (KIA) | ||||||
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