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The Sieges of Jasna Góra from 1702 to 1709 were 4 unsuccessful attempts to capture the Jasna Góra Monastery by the Swedish Empire during the Swedish invasion of Poland and later as part of the Great Northern War.

Background to the 1st Siege
In 1701 the Swedish Empire under the rule of Charles XII invaded the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1702 the situation in the Commonwealth became more worser, the Swedes had Captured Vilnius, and in July of 1702 the Swedes defeated the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kliszów. With the victory at Kliszów Charles XII's army now saw to take the entire of Poland and in August his army entered Częstochowa.