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Livonian War

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Livonian War Siege of Narva by the Russians in 1558 , by Boris Chorikov, 1836. Date 22 January 1558 – 10 August 1583 Location Northern Europe: Estonia, Livonia, Ingria, Russia Result Dano–Norwegian, Polish–Lithuanian and Swedish victory Territorial changes Cession of: Estonia to Sweden Livonia, Courland and Semigallia to Poland–Lithuania Ösel to Denmark–Norway Belligerents Livonian Confederation   Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (before 1569 the Polish–Lithuanian union) Denmark–Norway Kingdom of Sweden Zaporozhian Cossacks Principality of Transylvania (after 1577) [1] Tsardom of Russia Qasim Khanate Kingdom of Livonia Commanders and leaders Stefan Batory Gotthard Kettler Frederick II Eric XIV Ivan IV Shahghali Sain-Bulat Magnus of Livonia v t e Livonian War Narva 1558 Dorpat Ringen Tirsen Ergeme Fellin Nevel Polotsk 1563 Ula Ozerishche Chashniki Reval 1570 Lode Wesenberg Pärnu Reval 1577 Weissenstein Wenden Báthory's campaigns (Polotsk 1579 Sokol Rzhev (1579) Velikiye Luki