Dutch–Hanseatic War

Dutch–Hanseatic War
	; The main trading routes of the Hanseatic League
Date	1438–1441
Location	North Sea, Øresund
Result	Treaty of Copenhagen: Unlimited Dutch access to Baltic grain trade; Hanseatic League's loss of grain monopoly;
Belligerents
Burgundy: County of Holland; ; Norway	Hanseatic League; Denmark ; Lüneburg; Mecklenburg; Pomerania; Holstein; Brandenburg
Commanders and leaders
Philip the Good ; Hendrik van Borssele; Eric of Pomerania	Johann Lüneburg Christopher of Bavaria
	a: Eric of Pomerania was deposed as king of Denmark and Sweden in 1439, but retained the Norwegian throne until 1442, when Christopher of Bavaria succeeded in restoring the Kalmar Union of the three Scandinavian countries.; b: Christopher of Bavaria was proclaimed King of Denmark, as Christopher III, on 9 April 1440. He was later elected king of Sweden in 1441, and Norway in June 1442.

The Dutch–Hanseatic War was a conflict between the County of Holland, acting independently of the rest of the Burgundian Netherlands of which it formed part, and the Hanseatic League. It led to little actual fighting, with a Dutch fleet patrolling Øresund while a Hanseatic fleet blocked their access to the Baltic Sea. It ended after Eric of Pomerania was forced from the throne of Denmark in 1440, and the new king Christopher of Bavaria sought a resolution. Peace was concluded in 1441 with the Treaty of Copenhagen.

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