Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A arewa, Yakin Livonian ya faru ne a kan yankin Livonia mai mahimmanci da tattalin arziki, yankin gargajiya na Livonian Order. Tarayyar Livonian ta kulla kawance da bangaren Poland-Lithuania a 1557 tare da Yarjejeniyar Pozvol. Dukansu Lithuania da Poland sun so, Livonia sannan Sigismund II ya haɗa shi cikin Sarautar Poland. Wadannan abubuwan da suka faru sun sa Ivan the Terrible na Rasha ya kaddamar da hare-hare a Livonia farawa a 1558, kuma daga baya a Lithuania. Ginin Polotsk na babban masarautar ya faɗi a cikin 1563. Wannan ya biyo bayan nasarar Lithuania a yakin Ula.
a 1564, amma ba a dawo da Polotsk ba. Rasha, Yaren mutanen Sweden da Poland-Lithuania sun mamaye Livonia.