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First Peace of Thorn

Type Event Region Europe Time 1411

On February 1, 1411, Poland–Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights signed the First Peace of Thorn, ending the great war after the Battle of Grunwald.…

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  1. 1410–1411Prussia–Kuyavia border · PrussiaAfter the great victory at Grunwald, the allied forces failed to take Marienburg, and the Order recovered most of its castles. Jogaila reorganized his army and won again at Koronowo in October 1410. The new grand master Heinrich von Plauen favored war, while the Order's council leaned toward peace; after the Raciąż talks collapsed, the Order attacked Dobrin again, and both sides returned to the negotiating table.
  2. 1411Thorn · Kuyavian-PomeraniaThe two sides formally signed the treaty at Thorn, a southern city of the Order. Except that Samogitia passed to Lithuania for the lifetimes of Jogaila and Vytautas, the borders largely reverted to their pre-1409 status, and Dobrin was returned to Poland. Future territorial disputes were to be submitted to international arbitration; Poland released about 14,000 prisoners, and the Order collectively ransomed them for 100,000 Prague groschen, payable in four annual installments.
  3. 1411–1413Prussian towns and the Samogitian border · SamogitiaTo raise the ransom, Plauen imposed special taxes; Danzig and Thorn briefly resisted but were subdued; the Order confiscated church silver and took on debt. Vytautas claimed that everything north of the Neman River, including Memel, belonged to Samogitia, but the Order refused. Sigismund's mediation in 1412 failed to resolve the dispute, and the treaty soon proved unstable.

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