Danzig rebellion

The rebellion of the city of Danzig (Gdańsk) was a revolt from December 1575 to December 1577 of the city against the outcome of the 1576 Polish–Lithuanian royal election. The Polish throne was contested by Stephen Báthory and the Holy Roman Emperor Maximillian II.

Danzig Rebellion
Date December 1575 - December 1577 Location Danzig and its surroundings Result Treaty of Malbork (Marienburg)
Belligerents
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Principality of Transylvania	Gdańsk Denmark–Norway
Commanders and leaders
Stephen Báthory Jan Zborowski	Johann Winkelbruch †
Strength
Around 2,000	Around 12,000

It began on 12 December 1575, when Emperor Maximillian was chosen as monarch by the Polish Senate, while the majority of the szlachta (nobility) had voted for Bathory. It ended on 16 December 1577.^[1] Maximilian's II death in fall of 1576 weakened Danzig's position and made the conflict less about the recognition of the ruler than about Danzig's privileges. With neither side being able to defeat the other militarily, a compromise was reached, with economic as well as religious^[2] privileges of the city being restored and recognized, in return for a large reparation and recognition of Bathory as Grand Duke of western Prussia. Danzig made its oath conditional on the removal of the Statute of the Karnkowski commission of 1569/70.^[3]