{"slug": "vytautas-the-great", "label": "Vytautas the Great", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vytautas_the_Great", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q218186", "qid": "Q218186", "description": "Grand Duke of Lithuania", "entries": 17, "years": 15, "span": [1352, 1430], "span_label": ["1352 CE", "1430 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 8}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Vytautas"], "related": [{"slug": "wadysaw-ii-jagieo", "label": "Władysław II Jagiełło", "shared": 9}, {"slug": "teutonic-order", "label": "Teutonic Order", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "lithuania", "label": "Lithuania", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "grand-duchy-of-lithuania", "label": "Grand Duchy of Lithuania", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "grand-duke-of-lithuania", "label": "Grand Duke of Lithuania", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "poland", "label": "Poland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "grand-principality-of-moscow", "label": "Grand Principality of Moscow", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "december", "label": "December", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "torun", "label": "Toruń", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-iv-of-england", "label": "Henry IV of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vilnius", "label": "Vilnius", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-poland", "label": "Kingdom of Poland", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1352, "year_label": "1352 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1430)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1294629592#Births", "title": "1352", "revid": 1294629592, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1390, "year_label": "1390 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 19", "text": "January 19 – The Treaty of Lyck confirms an alliance between Vytautas and the Teutonic Knights, in the Lithuanian Civil War against Vytautas's cousin, Jogaila.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371631980#January–March", "title": "1390", "revid": 1371631980, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1390, "year_label": "1390 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 11", "text": "September 11 – Lithuanian Civil War: The coalition of Vytautas and the Teutonic Knights begins a 5-week siege of Vilnius. The Duke of Hereford (the future King Henry IV of England) is among the western European knights serving with the coalition.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371631980#July–September", "title": "1390", "revid": 1371631980, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1391, "year_label": "1391 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 21", "text": "January 21 – Vytautas the Great, claimant to the throne of Lithuania, forges an alliance with the Grand Duchy of Moscow as his daughter, Sophia marries Vasily, Grand Prince of Muscovy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365430899#January–March", "title": "1391", "revid": 1365430899, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1392, "year_label": "1392 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 4", "text": "August 4 – King Jogaila of Poland and Lithuania appoints his cousin Vytautas the Great as regent of Lithuania, in return for Vytautas giving up his claim to the Lithuanian throne. Vytautas replaces Jogaila's unpopular brother Skirgaila as regent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360558319#July–September", "title": "1392", "revid": 1360558319, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1393, "year_label": "1393 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 13", "text": "July 13 - Vytautas the Great, Regent of the Duchy of Lithuania for Wladyslaw II Jagiello, King of Poland, begins a peace conference with the Teutonic Knights, convening in Thorn in the Holy Roman Empire (now Toruń in Poland)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561364#July_–_September", "title": "1393", "revid": 1369561364, "section": "July – September"}}, {"year": 1398, "year_label": "1398 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – The Treaty of Salynas is signed by Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and Konrad von Jungingen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, in an attempt to cede Samogitia to the Knights.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370372737#October–December", "title": "1398", "revid": 1370372737, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1399, "year_label": "1399 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 12", "text": "August 12 – At the Battle of the Vorskla River, Golden Horde forces, led by Mongol Khan Temür Qutlugh and Emir Edigu, annihilate a crusading army led by former Golden Horde Khan Tokhtamysh, and Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania..", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362188981#July–September", "title": "1399", "revid": 1362188981, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1401, "year_label": "1401 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 13", "text": "March 13 – The Samogitians, supported by Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania, rebel against the Teutonic knights and burn two castles. Vytautas is granted increased autonomy by King Jogaila of the Poland–Lithuania union.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347806355#January–March", "title": "1401", "revid": 1347806355, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1403, "year_label": "1403 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Grand Duke Vytautas ends his alliance with Muscovy, and captures Vyazma and Smolensk.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371593649#Date_unknown", "title": "1403", "revid": 1371593649, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1404, "year_label": "1404 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 22", "text": "May 22 – The Peace of Raciążek treaty is signed by the representatives of King Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland, by the Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania, and by the Teutonic Knights.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361962096#April–June", "title": "1404", "revid": 1361962096, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1408, "year_label": "1408 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December", "text": "December – Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas meet with Polish King Wladyslaw Jagiello in Navahrudak Castle, where they agree to support the Samogitians uprising to provoke the Teutonic Knights into declaring war against Poland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360565942#July–December", "title": "1408", "revid": 1360565942, "section": "Events › July–December"}}, {"year": 1410, "year_label": "1410 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 15", "text": "July 15 – Battle of Grunwald (Žalgiris), also known as Battle of Tannenberg: Polish and Lithuanian forces under cousins Jogaila and Vytautas the Great decisively defeat the forces of the Teutonic Knights, whose power is broken.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337551949#July–September", "title": "1410", "revid": 1337551949, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1423, "year_label": "1423 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 24", "text": "December 24 – Hussite Wars: In what is now the Czech Republic, General Sigismund Korybut, commander of the Hussite Army, withdraws his troops from Prague on the orders of Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Władysław II Jagiełło, King of Poland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365656788#October–December", "title": "1423", "revid": 1365656788, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1429, "year_label": "1429 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – The Congress of Lutsk opens in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at the castle of Liubartas in Lutsk. In addition to the Lithuanian nobles gathered there with the Supreme Duke of Lithuania Władysław II Jagiełło and the Grand Duke Vytautas, the Congress is attended by Sigismund, King of Germany, Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia; Erik VII, King of Denmark; a Komtur of the Teutonic Knights; Vasily II, Grand Prince of Moscow; Boris, Duke of Tver; Ivan III, Duke of Ryazan; the Voivode Dan II of Wallachia; and representatives of the Pope, the Byzantine Empire and Moldavia, to discuss the coronation of Vytautas as the King of Lithuania, as well as the siege of Moldavia, entering a against the Ottoman Empire, the ongoing war between Denmark and the Hanseatic League, religious unions and divisions, and assorted economic, trade, and tax-related issues.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320610#January–March", "title": "1429", "revid": 1351320610, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1430, "year_label": "1430 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 27", "text": "October 27 – Vytautas, Grand Prince of Lithuania (b. 1352)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561329#Deaths", "title": "1430", "revid": 1369561329, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1430, "year_label": "1430 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 27", "text": "October 27 – Vytautas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, dies shortly after the cancellation of plans to crown him as King of Lithuania. His cousin Švitrigaila is elected unanimously by the Lithuanian nobles as the new Grand Duke, violating an agreement with the Kingdom of Poland that the Polish nobles would be able to participate in the election.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561329#October–December", "title": "1430", "revid": 1369561329, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}