Enemies and Allies - By Fire and Sword

Enemies and Allies
Many of You asked us of historical enmities and alliances that took place between different countries which are described in ‘By Fire and Sword’. This file
should help You with that, as it describes relation between all those factions
in period 1648-1676. We hope it might be useful when creating armies, building divisions and starting collections with Your friends. As new armies would be
released, this list will be updated. Looking forward for any questions and comments in regards to this file.
By Fire and Sword team
Crown (Poland)
Enemies:
• Cossack (from 1648 onwards)
• Kingdom of Sweden (1655-1660)
• Crimean Khanate (1648-1654 as Cossacks’ allies; since 1667 as independent, also as ally to Turks and Cossacks)
• Ottoman Turks (1672-1676)
• Muscovy (1654-1667)
• Crown (troops allied with Swedes 1655-1656; Lubomirski’s rokosz 16651666)
• Lithuania (troops allied with Swedes 1655-1656)
• Principality of Transylvania (1656-1657)
• Brandenburg (1656-1657)
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Allies:
Lithuania (whole period)
Cossack (pro-Polish faction 1658-1660, also 1671)
Crimean Khanate (1655-1666)
Muscovy (1674+ against Turks)
Courland (whole period)
Gdańsk (whole period)
Holy Roman Empire (1656-1660)
Brandenburg (1657-1660)
Kingdom of Denmark-Norway (1657-1660)
Principality of Transylvania (1653)
Lithuania
Enemies:
• Cossack (od 1648 roku)
• Kingdom of Sweden (1655-1660)
• Crimean Khanate (1648-1654 as Cossacks’ allies; since 1667 as independent, also as ally to Turks and Cossacks)
• Ottoman Turks (1672-1676)
• Muscovy (1654-1667)
• Crown (troops allied with Swedes 1655-1656; Lubomirski’s rokosz 16651666)
• Lithuania (troops allied with Swedes 1655-1656)
• Brandenburg (1656-1657)
• Principality of Transylvania (1656-1657)
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Allies:
Crown (whole period)
Muscovy (1674+ as both countries were at war against Turks)
Courland (whole period)
Gdańsk (just in theory)
Holy Roman Empire (1656-1660)
Brandenburg (1657-1660)
Kingdom of Denmark-Norway (1657-1660)
Cossacks
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Enemies:
Crown (whole period except 1658-1659)
Lithuania (whole period except 1658-1659)
Crimean Khanate (1655-1666 as Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth’s ally)
Muscovy (in theory 1674+ when Cossacks were Turkish allies)
Cossack (against pro-Polish faction 1658-1660, also 1671)
Principality of Transylvania (1653)
Allies:
• Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (only pro-Polish faction 1658-1660, also
1671), in theory also Courland and Gdańsk
• Kingdom of Sweden (1657 rok)
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Crimean Khanate (1648-1654; 1667+)
Ottoman Turks (in theory 1667+, in practice 1672+)
Muscovy (1654-1658, 1659-1666)
Principality of Transylvania (1656-1657)
Kingdom of Sweden
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Enemies:
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1655-1660), alongside them Courland
and Gdańsk
Crimean Khanate (as an ally to Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 16561660)
Muscovy (1656-1658)
Holy Roman Empire (1656-1660)
Brandenburg (1657-1660)
Kingdom of Denmark-Norway (1657-1660, 1675-1679)
Allies:
Cossacks (1657)
Crown (troops allied with Swedes 1655-1656)
Lithuania (troops allied with Swedes 1655-1656)
Brandenburg (1656-1657)
Principality of Transylvania (1656-1657)
Crimean Khanate
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Enemies:
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1648-1654; 1667 +), in theory also
Courland and Gdańsk
Cossacks (1655-1666)
Kingdom of Sweden (1656-1660)
Muscovy (1655-1666, 1674+)
Brandenburg (1656-1657)
Allies:
• Cossacks (1648-1654, 1667+)
• Ottoman Turks (whole period)
• Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1655-1666)
Ottoman Turks
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Enemies:
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1672-1676), in theory also Courland
and Gdańsk
Muscovy (1674+)
Holy Roman Empire (1663-1664)
Brandenburg (1663-1664)
Allies:
• Crimean Khanate (whole period)
• Cossacks (1667+)
• Principality of Transylvania (whole period)
Muscovites
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Enemies:
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1654-1667), in theory also Courland
and Gdańsk
Kingdom of Sweden (1656-1658)
Cossacks (pro-Polish faction 1658-1659, Cossacks and peasants uprising
1669-1671, pro-Turkish faction 1674+)
Crimean Khanate (1655-1667, 1674+)
Ottoman Turks (1674+)
Allies:
• Cossacks (1654+)
• in theory Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (from 1674) against Ottoman
Turks
Courland
Enemies:
• In theory same enemies as Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, in practice
only Kingdom of Sweden (1658-1660)
• Crown (in theory)
• Lithuania (in practice)
Allies: (whole period)
Royal City of Gdańsk
Enemies: (whole period):
• In theory same enemies as Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, in practice
only Kingdom of Sweden (1655-1660)
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Allies: (whole period):
Crown (in practice)
Lithuania (in theory)
Holy Roman Empire (1656-1660)
Brandenburg (1657-1660)
Holy Roman Empire
Enemies:
• Kingdom of Sweden (1656-1660)
• Ottoman Empire (1663-1664)
Allies:
• Crown and Lithuania (1656-1660)
• Kingdom of Denmark-Norway (1657-1660)
• Brandenburg (1657-1660, 1663-1664)
Brandenburg
Enemies:
• Crown and Lithuania (1656-1657)
• Kingdom of Sweden (1657-1660)
• Ottoman Empire (1663-1664, as ally of Holy Roman Empire)
Allies:
• Crown and Lithuania (1657-1660)
• Holy Roman Empire (1657-1660, 1664-1664)
• Kingdom of Denmark-Norway (1657-1660)
Kingdom
of Denmark-Norway
Enemies:
• Kingdom of Sweden (1657-1660)
Allies:
• Crown and Lithuania (1657-1660)
• Holy Roman Empire (1657-1660)
• Brandenburg (1657-1660)
Principality
of Transylvania
Enemies:
• Crown and Lithuania (1656-1657)
• Cossacks (1653)
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Allies:
Ottoman Empire (whole period)
Crimean Khanate (whole period, except 1657)
Crown and Lithuania (1653)
Cossacks (1656-1657)