These states formed such alliances as the Tohopesate and the Confederation of Cologne against a rival country. Albrecht of Mecklenburg opposed that rival country by leading some pirates called the Victual Brothers, who competed with these states for control of the Baltic under the name Likedeelers. These states finally defe
These states formed such alliances as the Tohopesate and the Confederation of Cologne against a rival country. Albrecht of Mecklenburg opposed that rival country by leading some pirates called the Victual Brothers, who competed with these states for control of the Baltic under the name Likedeelers. These states finally defeated that rival country, (*) Denmark, by forcing Valdemar IV to sign the Treaty of Straslund, which freed Visby and gave them control of the Baltic, including the port city of Lubeck. Sometimes the enemy of the Kalmar Union, for 10 points, name this medieval trade alliance of Northern Europe.
These states formed such alliances as the Tohopesate and the Confederation of Cologne against a rival country.
{Hanseatic} League [or {Hansa}]