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Teutonic Knights–Lithuania Conflict

Type Event Region Eastern Europe Time 1390–1399

In the 1390s, border wars raged between the Teutonic Knights, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and its Polish allies, laying the groundwork for the 1410…

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  1. 1390Vilnius · LithuaniaAfter losing a power struggle, Vytautas fled to the Teutonic Knights, and in 1390 led a joint Western European and Order army in the siege of Vilnius. Though the city was not fully taken, the siege devastated it and demonstrated the Order's military threat.
  2. 1391–1394Samogitia · LithuaniaThe Knights and the Lithuanian–Polish alliance repeatedly clashed along the Samogitia border, contesting castles and converts to Christianity. Both sides won and lost in turn, the frontier shifted frequently, and crusade propaganda ran alongside diplomatic mediation.
  3. 1392–1399Trakai · LithuaniaIn 1392 Vytautas reconciled with Jogaila and returned to Lithuania, receiving the title Duke of Trakai. The two then joined forces against the Teutonic Knights; in 1398 Vytautas won the Battle of Vyrkė (Voršila), building strength for the later Polish–Lithuanian victory over the Order.

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