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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Magnus Eriksson</span> King of Sweden and Norway (1316–1374)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Samuel Cockburn (mercenary)</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Siege of Pskov (1615)</span> Final battle of the Ingrian War

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Siege of Gdov</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Capture of Novgorod (1611)</span> Part of Russian–Swedish War (1610–1617)

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Wigund-Jeronym Trubecki or Yuri Nikitich Trubetsky as he was called earlier in Muscovy was the Prince of Trubetsk from 1611 to 1634, preceded by Symeon Iwanowicz Perski Trubecki, succeeded by Piotr Trubecki, and Aleksander Trubecki. Yuri Nikitich Trubetsky was also a boyar and equestrian of False Dmitry II. After emigrating to Poland, and restoring The Principality of Trubetsk, he converted to Catholicism, and took the name Wigund-Jeronym Trubecki.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Siege of Oreshek (1611–1612)</span> Battle in Russia in 1611–1612

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Löfstrand, Elisabeth; Nordquist, Laila (2005). Accounts of an Occupied City: Catalogue of the Novgorod Occupation Archives 1611–1617 (PDF) (1st ed.). Stockholm: National Archives of Sweden. pp. 39–40. ISBN   9188366677.