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.Master Jürgen did notmanage to convince everyone that his project was feasible, however;Hamburg and Lüneburg would have no part of the scheme.At thevery most Hamburg may have given Wullenweber private financialsupport.71 Publicly, the two towns preferred neutrality and their shareof trade with the western lands.Wullenweber s new plan was encumbered with difficulties from thebeginning.The change of horses in midstream confused conduct ofthe war in Denmark.Duke Albrecht s urgency in the cause of Chris-tian II faded.He did not prepare for war.Five months passed beforeWullenweber could persuade him to visit his future kingdom.Theduke named Count Johann zur Hoya his stateholder, and instructedhim to absolve the Danes of their oaths to Count Christoffer andto take possession of the crown fortresses, towns, and lands and rulethem in the duke s name.The instructions mentioned the liberationof Christian II, but Duke Albrecht s regency took precedence.72Pay for Lübeck s Knechts was a problem.Wullenweber no longerdominated the town council, where opinion was once again divided.It was only on December 11 that the town agreed with Duke Albrecht69Duke Albrecht s agreements with Count Hoya and Bernhard von Mehlen Oct 16 1534,ibid., I, 207 09; Waitz 1885, 129 30, 338 39.70Grevens Feide, I, 336.71Ibid., I, 336.72Duke Albrecht s instructions to Count Hoya Dec 8 1534, Grevefeidens Aktst, I, 244 45. 336 Civil War, 1533 1536that Hoya would hold the supreme command.73 A hundred and fiftyhorse, provided by the duke, and Lübeck s Knechts, commandedby Marcus Meyer, were to swear joint obedience to the duke andthe towns.When the little force reached Copenhagen and Malmø,they were to explain that they had been sent to liberate ChristianII.They were to cooperate with Count Christoffer, of course; as forthe Danish council, the troublemakers were to be sent to Lübeck forfurther discussion.Count Christoffer was on Fyn when he got word of Lübeck sarrangement with Duke Albrecht.The duke came as very unwelcomenews.Neither Lübeck nor the duke had asked the count whetherhe would accept the new arrangement.When the Swedes invadedHalland, Count Christoffer had welcomed the possibility of the duke ssupport, but as an increasingly independent agent, he could hardlybe expected to approve the conditions which Lübeck had negotiatedwith the duke.Albrecht s presence in the North would put an end tothe count s own ambitions.Count Christoffer ordered the nobles in Engelholm to mounta shore watch against a landing by warfolk he regarded as openenemies. 74 Townsfolk in Malmø and Copenhagen were suspiciousof Lübeck s arrangement with the Catholic duke.The towns gave wayonly after the duke promised to respect the reformed faith, a promisehe probably did not mean to keep.He had written Bishop Rønnowand other Danish prelates that he would reestablish the old church.75And before the formal agreement with Lübeck, Duke Albrecht hadapplied to the imperial court in the Netherlands, seeking the regent sapproval of his efforts to liberate Christian II.76In mid-December, Count Johann zur Hoya and Marcus Meyer, withDuke Albrecht s horse and Lübeck s Knechts, landed on Sjælland.Meyer shipped the three companies of Knechts over the Sound,where they joined the company Count Christoffer had sent earlier.Jørgen Kock met them with another three companies of burghersfrom Malmø and Landskrona.Hoya then went to Skaane and tookcommand.The combined force moved on Swedish-held Halmstad,and Hoya exhorted Truid Ulfstand, the commander at Varberg, to73Duke Albrecht s agreement with the towns on their mutual relations and on the positionsof Marcus Meyer and Count Hoya in Denmark Dec 11 1534, ibid., I, 249 50.74Holger Ulfstand to Sophie Bille Dec 13 1534, ibid., I, 254 55.75Joachim v Jetzen to Duke Albrecht Jan 8, 20 1535, ibid., I, 309 10, 319 22.76Duke Albrecht to the regent of the Netherlands and Ch II s daughter, undated, ibid., I,279 81. Reactions 337hold out against the Swedes.Ulfstand was not of a mind to submit toLübeck or Duke Albrecht, and he did not recognize Hoya s authority.After consulting with Klaus Bille up the coast, Ulfstand decided totreat Hoya as a foe
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