Baltic Wars

Pomeranian Succession portion

(13th of August 1448 to 3rd of June 1452)​











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Shroobot3000 said: Looks interesting, my first EUIV game was as Brandenburg. I actually took all of Pomerania like a fool and had a coalition formed against me (fortunately Poland, Denmark and Austria saved my ass). Click to expand...

Since the early 12th century the Margrave of Brandenburg and the duchy Pomerania have been in constant on and off conflict with each other in a heated rivalry. The reason for conflict were often cases of who controlled the edges of the Empire, while other conflict claimed that Pomerania was a fief of Brandenburg but Pomerania claimed Imperial immediacy. Even Fredrick II’s father Fredrick I fought against Pomerania and only managed to obtain the county of Uckermark.However, tensions sparked when Pomerania had taken an interest in in Danzig and cited they had legitimate claimed to the city. What many of the nobility including Frederick II himself felt that should Pomerania acquire Danzig, the duchy would gain enough wealth and manpower that they could threaten Berlin, and if not the rest of the margrave itself.Still recovering from the war with the Teutonic Order had sent word to towards Fredrich Wilhelm von Plothow to quickly return to Berlin to learn of his intention. Von Plothow was a foreign military aid who had arrived to help in the war against the Teutonic order, but on the other hand his position and political standing has greatly improve in Brandenburg. After confirming his allegiance had sent army to Neumark to prepare for war against Pomerania. Once more Fredrick II von Hohenzollern was forced to cite an old reason for previous conflict, citing that Pomerania was a fief of Brandenburg and a declaration of war was sent against declaration of war against Pomerania on the 2nd of September 1448.On paper it seemed like for Brandenburg a foolish moment to go to war; Brandenburg had only six thousand infantry soldiers to the combined fifteen thousand of Pomerania, East Frisia and Luneburg, and two thousand carvery vs the Pomerania’s allied force of three thousand, further more with winter being so close an offensive campaign seemed to be a foolish endeavor. But looking into more in depth the Pomerania and her allies were separated from each other and Pomerania was caught unaware in the opening months of the war. With Pomerania caught under aware and had not started preparing for the war with Danzig until the spring months of 1449 and not with a war with Brandenburg in the September of 1448. As result the battle of Stettin was an overwhelming Brandenburg victory causing the Pomerania army to surrender.(An artist repetition of the battle of Stettin of 1448, as they were surrounded)Despite the victory Brandenburg still suffered large amount of causalities and consolidate regiments with mercenary regiments were quickly ordered from Saxony to be gathered in Postdom and Ruppin. While at the same time Fredrick II had to look towards nobility to raise additional levies to further compliment Brandenburg’s reserves on the 14th November 1448.As the war continued Brandenburg was forced to counter landings from East Frisia, and invasion from Luneburg as attempted to relieve Pomerania. By 18th of April 1450 Brandenburg was sieging down Stettin as Berlin was also being sieged by Luneburg and East Frisia, but as Berlin was being sieged the Saint Finn Loeb who worked with the sick in Berlin to keep moral up of the army to relieve Berlin in May 5th after the surrender of Stettin.However, after the siege of Stettin the reputation of Brandenburg’s mercenary had earned a reputation as blood thirsty marauders as the mercenary units under Brandenburg’s command sacked Stettin. Upset by the reputation as it could damage Frederick II’s claim Pomerania, as a result Frederick II was forced to curtailed the mercenary forces of Brandenburg and try prevent it from happening again.The war was over on the conclusion of on the 3rd of May 1451 with Pomerania concluding that it was fief of Brandenburg and to cede Kolberg and Stolp toward Brandenburg.However, with objections from Mecklenburg, Mageburg, Luebeck, and Anhalt in the courts of Austria. In a compromise before the Ausrtian court was reached Brandenburg agreed to return counties of Kolberg, and Stolp to Pomerania while being lowered to margrave and as fief of the alleviated Duchy of Brandenburg on 7th of August 1451. But as the background dealings were happening underway Frederick II had usurped Pomerania claim on the independent county of Danzig; stating that while Danzig was at one-time part of a Pomerania, it was sold to Brandenburg before it was taken over by the Danish. To secure Brandenburg’s claim, Frederick II quickly launched an assault to reclaim the city of Danzig in Early June. Much like the battle Stettin the Free county of Danzig’s army was surrounded and pinned together and unable to fight properly.After the battle majority of the army was recalled back to Kolberg under Albrecht Achilles to remind Pomerania leaving behind a token as three thousand mercenary units under Fredrich Wilhelm von Plothow and ordered to treat Danzig as liberation not an occupation.On 23 of August 1451 joyful celebration erupted in the court of Frederick II as the birth of a healthy son to him and Catherine of Saxony named Wilhelm Friedrich. Naturally with the birth of son to the current Duke of Brandenburg Albrecht Achilles was no longer first in line and as result returned to Ansbach.As for Danzig the city proper finally fell on December 21th to Brandenburg though Brandenburg didn’t claim the end of the war. Instead martial law was placed in the city to remain control and settle diplomatic tension in the rest of the Holy Roman Empire to be settled. Tensions was already high in the High Roman Empire after enforcing the fiefdom of Pomerania and as result diplomats were sent through the empire to garner support or sooth over fears of Brandenburg annexing Danzig. In the meantime, several documents that pointed that current mayor of Postdom was descendant from a previous count in Niederlausitz.Meanwhile in Berlin on 4th of May the Last Jousting Tournament in Brandenburg was conducted to help entertain the war weary citizens of Brandenburg. Nevertheless, on June 3rd the county of Danzig was finally annexed as part of Brandenburg proper, bring about the end of what has become the known as the First Baltic Wars. A time in history that assure Brandenburg-Prussia rise to Power.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sometimes you have to be careful with AE, but sometimes the tightrope walk of AE could be the most fun in the game. That is until you become big enough that AE becomes a number.