Treaty of Radnot

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The Treaty of Radnot was a 1656 agreement among Sweden and several of its allies to partition the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the mid-17th-century conflicts known as the Deluge.

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Treaty of Radnot canonical 3
Treaty of Radnot of 1656 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical agreement
treaty
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
chronology concluded during the mid-17th century
conflict Polish–Swedish wars
Second Northern War
country Brandenburg-Prussia
Cossack Hetmanate
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (as object of partition)
Principality of Transylvania
Sweden
Transylvania
describedBySource early modern diplomatic correspondence
historiography of the Deluge
follows Swedish invasion of Poland (1655)
outbreak of the Deluge
genre political treaty
hasCause Swedish ambitions in Central and Eastern Europe
weakening of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Deluge
hasEffect encouragement of Transylvanian intervention in Poland
planned dismemberment of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
strengthening of Swedish claims in Poland
territorial promises to Brandenburg-Prussia
territorial promises to the Cossack Hetmanate
historicalPeriod Early modern period
mid-17th century Europe
languageOfWorkOrName German
Latin
Polish (in later historiography)
location Iernut
Principality of Transylvania
Radnot
namedAfter Radnot (modern Iernut, Romania)
objective allocation of Polish–Lithuanian territories among Sweden and its allies
partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
partOf Second Northern War
The Deluge
pointInTime 1656
December 6, 1656 (Old Style date often given)
signatory Bohdan Khmelnytsky (or his Cossack Hetmanate representatives)
linked to: Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Charles X Gustav of Sweden
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
George II Rákóczi
Sweden
significantEvent attempted international partition of Poland before the 18th century partitions
topic Swedish expansionism
early modern diplomacy
history of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
territorial partition

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Potop szwedzki significantEvent Treaty of Radnot of 1656
linked to: Treaty of Radnot
The Deluge significantEvent Treaty of Radnot