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Lithuanian Crusade. The Lithuanian Crusade was a series of campaigns by the Teutonic Order and the Livonian Order under the pretext of forcibly Christianizing the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The Livonian Order occupied Riga in 1202 and in the 1230s they settled in Chełmno Land, a fief of Poland.
- 1283–1422
Vytautas is a popular male given name in Lithuania. In commemoration of the 500-year anniversary of his death, Vytautas Magnus University was named after him. Monuments in his honour were built in many towns in independent Lithuania during the interwar period from 1918 to 1939. Vytautas knew and spoke the Lithuanian language with his cousin ...
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Švitrigaila. Samogitian uprisings refer to two uprisings by the Samogitians against the Teutonic Knights in 1401–1404 and 1409. Samogitia was granted to the Teutonic Knights by Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania, several times in order to enlist Knights' support for his other military affairs. The local population resisted Teutonic ...
- March 13, 1401 – May 22, 1404, May 26, 1409 – September 8, 1409
- First uprising subdued, Second uprising grew into the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War
Vytautas was baptised in the Catholic rite, receiving the name of Wigand (Lithuanian: Vygandas). Vytautas participated in several raids against Jogaila. In January 1384, Vytautas again promised to cede part of Samogitia, to the Teutonic Order, up to the Nevėžis River in return for the title of Grand Duke of Lithuania. However, in July of the ...
Aug 1, 2021 · Vytautas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania (1392–1430), returned to Lithuania from the German Order in 1392, bringing with him a taste for a number of things he got used to during the five years there. That was the period when he took part in raids against Lithuania with the Order’s knights and administered castles under his supervision.
The relationships between the Grand Duke of Lithuania and the Karaims were always good. This is witnessed by respect of the Karaims towards Vytautas remained until now and even some kind of Vytautas’ cult (narratives, legends, verses). Many of the Karaims even have a picture of Vytautas at home. In 1930, during the 500-year remembrance of ...
Jul 21, 2020 · Yet a great battle did occur on 15 July 1410, on a field between the villages of Tannenberg and Grunwald (Grünfelde). This battle at Tannenberg/Grunwald/Żalgris – as Germans, Poles, and Lithuanians respectively call it – has assumed a prominence that exaggerates its real significance. The history of north central Europe was not suddenly ...
