While negotiating an alliance for this war, two rulers got into a competition over who could bend the most silverware with their bare hands. One ruler in this war was briefly taken prisoner after an event known as the "kalabalik." Despite support from the Sandomierz Confederation, a different ruler during this war was forced to renounce his throne in favor of Stanisław Leszczyński (luh-SHIN-skee). After being charged with treason for defecting during this war, Johann Patkul was crushed on a breaking wheel. Ivan Mazepa died after joining the forces of this war's losing side and fleeing with them to the Ottoman Empire. This war's turning point came when Charles XII's ("the twelfth's") forces were decisively defeated by Peter the Great at the Battle of Poltava. For 10 points, name this war in which an alliance of Denmark, Poland, and Russia defeated the Swedish Empire. ■END■