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mark and Norway. Despite the financial losses he incurred, Corfitz Ulfeldt was still a wealthy man, due to the fact that he had placed a large portion of his wealth in foreign countries and with friends in his homeland before his exile, as well as taking money and valuables of considerable value with him when he left. In addition, before his flight from the country, he pla- ced a large portion of his wealth in foreign countries and with friends in his homeland, and also took money and valuables of considerable value with him when he left. Otherwise, it would not have been possible for him to lend Queen Christina 60,000 rdr at one time and 200,000 rdr at another time (equivalent to approximately 100 million Euro today 2023), for which the queen pawned Barths castle and land in Pomerania to him.
After Queen Christina's abdication on June 6, 1654 and her subsequent departure from Sweden, a reconciliation soon took place between Ulfeldt and King Charles X Gustav, who later realized how useful the former could be to him. Their good relationship was strengthened through Ulfeldt's loans to the king and through his constant encouragement for war against Denmark. Finally, in 1657, the opportunity Ulfeldt had been waiting for arrived, when on June 1 of that year, Denmark declared war on Sweden with the intention of regaining what had been lost in the last decades, now that the Swedish king was in a difficult position in Poland. Contrary to King Frederick's expectations, Charles Gustav responded with a surprising determination in his approach towards the new enemy. He left Poland and marched through Mecklenburg towards Denmark.
In Pomerania, Ulfeldt joined the king and later followed the Swedish army during its victorious march through Jutland and across the Baltic
to Zealand. It was also Ulfeldt, along with the chief admiral Karl Gustav Wrangel and the admiral and member of the Riksdag, Sten Bielke, who participated in the royal council at the king's summons, which marked the beginning of the peace treaty in Roskilde. It was also him, as the most prominent Nordic statesman at the time, who warned the king about de- lays and urged him to strike immediately. Corfitz Ulfeldt and Sten Bielke also became the peace commissioners for Charles Gustav, and as repre- sentatives of the overpowering and victorious side, they carried out the peace treaty in Roskilde on February 26, 1658, by which Denmark ceded to Sweden Skåne, Halland, Blekinge, and Bornholm, as well as Bohuslän and Trøndelag, and it was determined that Ulfeldt would regain all his property in Denmark and Norway, receive compensation for the damages incurred, and so on.
However, Corfitz Ulfeldt did not take advantage of this latter right. He followed King Charles X Gustav on his further journey from Helsingør
to Helsingborg and participated in the king's taking of Malmö on Mar- ch 9, from the frozen Sund, where the king and his brilliant entourage were welcomed on the ice outside the Strandporten by the city's mayor
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