Lithuanian Civil War (1381–1384)

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civil war dynastic conflict

The Lithuanian Civil War (1381–1384) was a dynastic conflict in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that pitted Vytautas the Great and his allies against his cousin Jogaila, shaping the region’s political future and paving the way for the Polish–Lithuanian union.

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Label Occurrences
Lithuanian Civil War (1381–1384) canonical 1
Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392) 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil war ⓘ
dynastic conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lithuanian Civil War of 1381–1384 NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicalPredecessor reign of Algirdas NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicalSuccessor Jogaila’s accession to the Polish throne ⓘ
conflictIn medieval Europe ⓘ
conflictInvolving Samogitian nobles ⓘ
Teutonic Knights NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictSide supporters of Jogaila ⓘ
supporters of Vytautas ⓘ
conflictType internal war ⓘ
consequence paved the way for the Polish–Lithuanian union ⓘ
shaped the political future of the region ⓘ
country Grand Duchy of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime 1384 ⓘ
followedBy Union of Krewo NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCause dynastic rivalry between Vytautas and Jogaila ⓘ
struggle for power in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Ruthenian ⓘ
location Grand Duchy of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainBelligerent Jogaila NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vytautas the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent Jogaila NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vytautas the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
politicalContext Christianization and state formation in Lithuania ⓘ
transition of Lithuania toward union with Poland ⓘ
relatedTo Polish–Lithuanian union NERFINISHED ⓘ
Teutonic Order NERFINISHED ⓘ
result consolidation of Jogaila’s authority ⓘ
reconciliation of Vytautas and Jogaila ⓘ
strengthening of Vytautas’s political position ⓘ
significance important episode in Lithuanian–Polish relations ⓘ
key step in the rise of Vytautas the Great ⓘ
significantEvent Vytautas’s alliance with the Teutonic Order ⓘ
Vytautas’s defection to the Teutonic Knights ⓘ
Vytautas’s return to Lithuania ⓘ
reconciliation between Vytautas and Jogaila ⓘ
startTime 1381 ⓘ
timePeriod 14th century ⓘ

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Vytautas the Great → battle → Lithuanian Civil War (1381–1384) ⓘ
Vytautas the Great → battle → Lithuanian Civil War (1381–1384) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392)