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Consolidation of the Polish-Lithuanian union (1390s)

Type Event Region Europe Time 1390–1400

After the 1385 Union of Krewo, in the 1390s Jogaila as Polish king advanced Christianization and political integration amid Vytautas's rebellion and …

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  1. 1390–1392Vilnius · LithuaniaLithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas, dissatisfied with Jogaila's centralization, rebelled and at times allied with the Teutonic Order, forcing Jogaila to renegotiate power distribution and territorial administration.
  2. 1393–1397Lithuania · LithuaniaWith support from the Polish church, Jogaila promoted the conversion of Lithuanian nobles to Catholicism, establishing dioceses and church institutions, treating religious unity as the basis of the union's legitimacy and European identity.
  3. 1398–1400Samogitia · LithuaniaPoland and Lithuania coordinated military operations against Teutonic expansion into Samogitia, with joint diplomacy and combined operations mechanisms gradually honed through practice.

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