since Augustus II was able to retreat to Kraków, where he rallied fresh reinforcements and then continued through eastern Poland towards Sandomierz. For Charles XII, the victory at Kliszów gave him increased operational freedom of movement within Poland, allowing him to use the weakened state of the Commonwealth to his own benefit. With duke Frederick IV's death, his son Charles Frederick was proclaimed the new duke of Holstein-Gottorp, under the guardianship of his mother Hedvig Sophia and Frederick's brother Christian August. The duke's body was embalmed and escorted on 27 August to Gottorf Castle by Georg Heinrich von Görtz. Among Görtz's escort were several wounded and disabled Swedish soldiers, each of whom was awarded 20 riksdaler to travel back to Sweden. On 10 July, Charles XII ordered major Creutz to take Pińczów with 100 dragoons and cavalry, where the king established a field hospital for all wounded Swedes and Saxon prisoners of war. The rest of the army arrived there in the following days and encamped near the banks of the Nida. The king gave a decree that every Saxon prisoner who is unharmed should be enlisted in the Swedish service. 900 of these were awarded two months' of salary in advance and were sent for garrison duty in Swedish Pomerania. These, however, mutinied near the border to Silesia and dispersed, several of whom returned to serve Augustus II. Charles XII later ordered lieutenant colonel von Feilitzen to form a garrison in Pińczów, to guard all the wounded and sick, and to collect supplies from the surrounding area. Meanwhile, the king and the rest of the army marched to Skalbmierz. On July 29, he conquered Kraków and established his headquarters there. During the following weeks in Kraków, Charles XII made fruitless peace talks with Augustus II and collected contributions for the maintenance of the main army. On the arrival of Gyllenstierna's troops, Charles XII was able to march into Lublin on early October, where he took up winter quarters with an army of 23,000 men. See also Swedish invasion of Poland (1701–1706) Swedish invasion of Saxony Campaign of Grodno Civil war in Poland (1704–1706) Notes Sources References Bibliography Conflicts in 1702 Kliszow 1702 Kliszow 1702 Kliszow 1702 Kliszow 1702 History of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship 1702 in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth