History of the Crusades

the Crusades Episode 292, the Baltic Crusades, the Samagitzian Crusade Part 24, the Second Siege of Vilnius.

Hello again.

Last week we saw V tortoise turn once again on his allies, the Teutonic Order and once again become convinced by

Yagila to form an alliance with him. This time though the agreement held so the situation now is that V tortoise is

effectively the ruler of Lithuania Samagetia, and the Lithuanian possessions in the Russian

principalities, leaving Yugyla free to concentrate on his other job being the King of Poland. In case anyone is wondering, the real

losers in this new arrangement were Gila's brothers.

Two of his brothers ended up moving to Poland, while Skirgila, who moved to the Russian

principalities, will die in the year 1396 in the city of Kiev, likely as a result of being poisoned.

Anyway, in addition to Yagaila's brothers, there was of course one organisation also deeply

unimpressed about the new governing arrangement in the Baltic region.

And that organisation was, of course, the Teutonic Order.

As we mentioned last week, the Order's new priority became to eliminate V tortoise and conquer all of V tortoise's territory.

Before they set out to do that though, the Order will need to elect a new

Grandmaster. In October of the year 1393, order did exactly that elevating another Conrad

Conrad von Jungingen to the position like his predecessor Conrad von Volenroder Conrad von Jollenroder Conrad

von Jungingen was a military man but unlike Conrad von Volenroder Conrad

von Jungingen wasn't terribly experienced.

But he was full of confidence, so what does a fledgling grandmaster do if he's from a military background and wants to defeat

if he tortoise and secure Lithuania and Samagetsia for the order.

He calls for a crusade of course.

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