Siege of Varberg

1569 CE.

Shown on the map at 57.117°, 12.217°.

The siege of Varberg was a Danish siege of the Swedish-occupied Varberg Fortress in Halland, Denmark, present-day Sweden, 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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