History of the Crusades

the Crusades Episode 299, the Baltic Crusades, the Lithuanian conflict part 4, tensions rise.

Hello again.

Last week we saw some testing times for Yagila, the King of Poland,

Be tortoise the Grand Duke of Lithuania Lithuania and the Teutonic Order.

While the situation in Samagizia looked like it had settled down for the time being, V.

V. tortus had once again encountered difficulties,

attempting to extend his influence in the Russian Principalities, and the respected Grand Master of the Teutonic Order Conrad Bon Jungingen had died, leaving

his younger brother Urich to take up the mantle of Grand Master of the Order.

Now I'm not sure whether Urich was pleased about his elevation from the position of

Marshall to the position of Grandmaster, but he'd better buckle in because a bunch of serious crises are about to head his way from a variety of directions and he will be left

struggling attempting to deal with them all.

The first crisis began in the Russian principalities with the rather startling news that

Schlich Rhegila had decided to travel to Moscow to give his support to Basil the first. Remember

Shrit Raghyla he was one of Yagyla's younger brothers who briefly became the Teutonic orders favored man to replace Vietetus as Grand

Duke of Lithuania. Well, Schrit Ragaila has now launched himself back into the world of political intrigue, with a plan

he hatched after sharing a prison cell with the Duke of Stardub. Like Shritvragila, the Duke of Stardub was no

fan of Vytautus. In fact, he had plotted to have him kidnapped which was why he was currently in jail

The two jailbirds spent their captive days figuring out how best to Dilvie Tortoise as bigger blow as possible,

and by the time they were both released, they had come up with a plan. Their plan was to being a resounding success and to

throw their support behind Basel. Their scheme ended up being a

resounding success and to show the extent of his gratitude

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