Draft:War of Deposition against Magnus

Background
In 1363, the conspiracies among the nobility began to affect both Magnus Eriksson, the King of Sweden, and Haakon VI, the king of Norway. The recent losses that had impacted the kingdom, including the loss of Scania and Blekinge to Denmark, were blamed on a conspiracy between Magnus and Haakon. Several Swedish noblemen decided to travel to Germany in order to find a "suitable" new candidate for the throne. After searching, they decided on Albert of Mecklenburg, who was the youngest son of Albrecht the Elder of Mecklenburg and the nephew of Magnus.

It was clear to the nobles, however, that military resources would be needed to win the Swedish crown for Albert. Therefore, on midsummer, an alliance was formed between the North German princes and the Hanseatic League. Among the north German princes were Count Henry of Holstein, along with the princes Bernard and Lorenz of Werle.

The alliance drawn up between the nobility and the Hanseatic league stipulated that the nobles would provide 1,200 knights and soldiers, while the Hanseatic League would provide an equal number of silver marks and the necessary equipment and ships for the campaign. Over time however, several Hanseatic cities withdrew from the campaign, and in the end, only Lübeck, Stralsund, Wismar, and Rostock remained.

War
During the autumn of 1363, news spread that Valdemar IV had set out on a longer trip abroad. Albert of Mecklenburg saw this as a perfect opportunity to enter the rebellion because he was now guarded from Danish interference in the conflict. On november the 10th, Albert sailed from Warnemünde accompanied by Swedish nobles and 600 soldiers to depose Magnus from the Swedish throne. On November the 29th, the Mecklenburgians, along with the rebelling Swedish nobles land in Stockholm were they meet little resistance. When the kings of the union, Magnus Eriksson and Haakon VI is informed of this, they immediately equipped for battle. A fortress was built on an island in lake Kilarpsjön to defend the northern end of the road through Holaveden.

On February the 15th 1364, Albert of Mecklenburg in contrast to the current law, was elected to be king of Sweden. According to the law, the king had to be Swedish to be elected, therefore Albert could not be elected as the king of Sweden.