Everything about The De La Gardie Campaign totally explained
The
De la Gardie Campaign refers to the actions of a 15,000-strong Swedish military unit, commanded by
Jacob De la Gardie and
Evert Horn in alliance with the
Russian commander
Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky against the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the
Polish-Russian War (1605-1618). The campaign was a result of an alliance between
Charles IX of Sweden and
Vasili IV of Russia, made in
Viborg in 1609, whereby the latter promised to cede
Kexholm (Käkisalmi) Province to Sweden.
The combined Russo-Swedish forces set out from
Novgorod late in 1609 and marched towards
Moscow, relieving the
Siege of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra on their way. They dispersed the supporters of
False Dmitry II, who maintained an alternative court in
Tushino near Moscow and challenged the authority of Vasily IV. In the aftermath, some of the Tushino boyars summoned
Wladyslaw IV to lay his claim to the Russian throne, while Skopin-Shuisky was poisoned at the behest of his uncle and rival, Prince
Dmitry Shuisky.
When arrived to Moscow in early 1610 this Swedish-Finnish army unit suppressed the rebellion in Moscow organised against Tsar and took control over Moscow.
In June 1610, De la Gardie and Dmitry Shuisky departed from Moscow in order to lift Żółkiewski's
Siege of Smolensk. The campaign ended with most of
De la Gardie's forces being destroyed by the Polish hetman
Stanisław Żółkiewski at the
Battle of Klushino in
1610. The De la Gardie Campaign can be considered a prelude to the
Ingrian War.
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