Treaty of Nyborg (1386)

Treaty of Nyborg

Context	Succession to the Duchy of Schleswig
Signed	15 August 1384
Location	Nyborg
Negotiators	Margaret I King Oluf Nicholas I Gerhard VI
Parties	Denmark Holstein-Rendsburg

The Treaty of Nyborg (Danish: Freden i Nyborg, German: Vertrag von Nyborg), also known as the Meeting at Nyborg (Danish: Mødet i Nyborg), was a peace treaty between Queen Margaret I of Denmark and the German dukes, Henry II and Nicholas I, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg on a territorial and successional dispute in Schleswig. The treaty was signed during a meeting in Nyborg on Funen on 15 August 1386 and stated that the Holsteinians were to hold the Duchy of Schleswig for eternity.^[1]