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Action of 4 June 1565
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This battle took place on 4 June 1565 between an Allied fleet of 33 Danish and Lübecker ships, under Trolle, and a Swedish fleet of perhaps 49 ships, under . Afterward, the Danes retired to Køge
Bay, south of Copenhagen
, where Trolle died of his wounds on 25 June. His Second, Jørgen Brahe
, died of fever on 28 June.
Køge
Køge Municipality is a municipality in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand approx. 40 km. southwest of Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of 255 km² , and has a total population of 56,637...
Bay, south of Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, where Trolle died of his wounds on 25 June. His Second, Jørgen Brahe
Jørgen Thygesen Brahe
Jørgen Thygesen Brahe was a member of the Danish nobility.He was the son of Thyge Axelsen Brahe til Tostrup, Danish Councillor. He was also the uncle of the astronomer Tycho Brahe whom he raised as a little child and gave an education. He was married to Inger Johansdatter Oxe, sister of Peder...
, died of fever on 28 June.
Denmark/Lübeck
- Jegermesther 90 (flag)
- Merkurius (Second in command Jørgen Brahe)
- Svenske Jomfru (Erik Rud)
- 30 others
Sweden
- St Erik 90 (flag)
- Finska Svan 82
- Svenska Hektor 87 (Per Bagge)
- Herkules 81
- Engel 49
- Pelikan
- Troilus 44 (Shenk)
- Fuchs (ex-Lübecker)?
- 41 or so others