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Vytautas Consolidates Rule over the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Around 1401 Vytautas the Great consolidated control of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania after the 1386 Union of Krewo, balancing Polish and native noble …
Timeline
- 1401Vilnius · LithuaniaIn 1401 Vytautas and Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło reached a new arrangement on power-sharing; Vytautas, as Grand Duke of Lithuania, effectively controlled the Grand Duchy's affairs, rebalancing the Polish-Lithuanian personal union between law and practice.
- 1402–1406Core territories of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania · BelarusVytautas integrated the native Lithuanian nobility (such as the Radvila family) through grants, marriages, and assemblies, strengthened control over centers like Vilnius and Trakai, and advanced administrative integration of southeastern Rus' lands.
- 1407–1410Eastern Lithuania and the Teutonic Order border · BalticVytautas continued to control Rus' regions such as Smolensk to the east and coordinated with Poland to prepare military action against the Teutonic Order, culminating in the Battle of Grunwald in 1409–1410, marking the peak of his rule.
Sources
- Vytautas the Great - Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vytautas-the-Great
- The Oxford History of Poland-Lithuania, Volume I: The Making of the Polish-Lithuanian Union, 1385-1569 — Robert I. Frost (2015)