The Truce of Mitawa or Truce of Mitau, signed in November 1622 in Jelgava

Jelgava

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 (Mitawa, Mitau), ended the Polish–Swedish War (1620–1622).

The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

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 had been occupied by a serious war with the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

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, having fought battles at Ţuţora

Battle of Tutora (1620)

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 and Khotyn

Battle of Khotyn (1621)

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. The Commonwealth was unable to send significant forces to stop King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden

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, and was forced to sign a truce favorable to Sweden. The Commonwealth was forced to cede the Duchy of Livonia north of the Daugava River, and retained only a nominal control over the south-eastern territories near Riga

Riga

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 as well as the Duchy of Courland. The truce lasted till March 1625, when a new war wave of hostilities erupted in Lithuania. It was soon followed by the Polish–Swedish War (1625–1629).