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.Ifthose princes attacked the Kaiser, Duke Christian would not support25Lübeck s explanation of the causes for war on Holstein Sep 6 1534, Grevefeidens Aktst, I,183; Grevens Feide, I, 119 20; Waitz 1855, 245 46.26Grevens Feide, I, 120 22.27Treaty between Denmark and the Netherlands Sep 9 1533, Grevefeidens Aktst, I, 10 16.28Treaty between the regent of the Netherlands and Duke Christian Sep 9 1533, Ibid.,16 21. 306 Civil War, 1533 1536them, and the duke would aid the Kaiser if he counterattacked.DukeChristian ratified the treaty of Ghent September 29, 1533.The Danishcouncil sealed the treaty at Odense November 20, and ratified themutual defense pact with the duchies the next day.If Denmark orthe duchies were attacked, the one would come to the aid of theother with all his might and fortune, making no excuses unless thefoe s strength in his own land prevents it. 29Without more ado Denmark and the duchies terminated the rela-tion with Lübeck that had served as a cornerstone of King Friedrich sforeign policy.It was in Denmark s interest to pull the kingdom ofSweden into her orbit.30 Gustaf Vasa had refused to join Lübeck swar on the Netherlands, and had seemed peacefully inclined towardDenmark for several months.The Danish council sent an embassy toSweden to negotiate another mutual defense pact.31norwegian sovereigntyIn far-off Trondheim Archbishop Engelbrektsson first got word ofKing Friedrich s death in a letter dated April 25, 1533.32 Althoughhe may have been tempted, the archbishop did not move to end theunion with Denmark.The obstacles were insuperable.He had signeda humiliating agreement reestablishing the union less than a yearearlier; he had no credible candidate for the Norwegian crown; andthe powerful Danish nobles who sat on the council and commandedthe great coastal fortresses of Norway would oppose any attempt tobreak with Denmark.Archbishop Olav contented himself with callinga meeting in Romsdalen August 15.A second letter from the Danishcouncil, dated July 10, 1533, invited the Norwegian council to a jointmeeting with Danish colleagues in Copenhagen at Midsummer thenext year.Country folk sent word that the meeting in Romsdalen wouldinterfere with the harvest and they would not come.Some ofNorway s leaders also sent regrets.The meeting took place nonethe-less.Not all of Norway s bishops were present;33 of the lords tem-poral the most important were Danes: Vincens Lunge, Nils Lykke,29See Gustafsson 2000, 213 17, for a discussion of the Denmark/Holstein treaty.30GV to Bishop Rønnow, to the Danish council Jun 1, Aug 10 1533, Grevefeidens Aktst, I,3 4, 9, Grevens Feide, I, 126 29.31GV to the Danish council Aug 10, Nov 10 1533, Grevefeidens Aktst, I, 9, 44.32Danish council to Archb Engelbrektsson, Grevens Feide, II, 8 10.33Danish council to Archb Engelbrektsson Jul 10 1533, ibid., II, 10 11. A Republic of Nobles 307Erik Ugerup, and Eske and Klaus Bille.Four of Norway s lawmenwere present, along with representatives of the lower nobility andcommoners.The meeting did not take up the question of a newking directly.Councillors agreed to attend the joint session with theDanish council the next summer.34 Discussion turned instead to theproblem of Norway s precarious sovereignty.It was decided thatthose who held crown fiefs would continue in place, but that duringthe interregnum they would hold the fiefs on behalf of the Norwe-gian council, and would collect revenue as usual.Once a king hadbeen elected, affirmed Norway s freedoms, and come to Norway tobe crowned, the council would hand over both fiefs and revenue.With these precautions the council believed that it would be in aposition to assert its equality with the Danish council and extract aseparate accession agreement from their shared king.35Control of the fortresses during the interregnum would seem tohave required some change in the conditions previously agreed toby the commanders, but there is no trace of any such change.Klausand Eske Bille continued to hold Baahus and Bergenhus on the sameterms as before the meeting.36 Akershus, the other great fortress, hadbeen secured in an agreement with Mogens Gyldenstjerne in 1527
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