Vytautas shelters with Janusz I in Masovia¶

What the chronicles say [Historical record]¶

After the escape from Krėva (autumn 1382) Vytautas sought help from his sister Danutė and her husband Janusz I of Warsaw, then from Siemowit IV of Masovia, and finally from the Teutonic Knights (Wikipedia, Lithuanian Civil War 1381–84). Louis of Hungary and Poland died in September 1382, leaving Poland without a king; on 31 October 1382 Jogaila agreed the Treaty of Dubysa with the Order (never ratified). Danutė died in 1424.

Vytautas shelters with Janusz I in Masovia


Type	event
Years	1382
Status	Historical record
Book	I · The Wolf’s Exile
Note	Vytautas and Ona shelter at the court of Janusz I in Masovia after escaping Krėva (1382).

Where: Masovia (Płock / Warsaw) (on the map)

What really happened [The saga’s invention]¶

Janusz receives him in Warsaw without ceremony: a small, moustached prince who has learned to survive between three stronger neighbours and does not hide that a fugitive is more worry than joy. Danutė comes down the stairs and embraces her brother three times. She has the maid’s dress washed and mended because he will not let her throw it away. For some days she speaks slowly and loudly; on the third day he understands that the cost of the Five-Voice did not leave with the fog.

Consequences¶

Caused by the escape from Krėva. It leads to the audience with Grand Master Zöllner at Marienburg: from Masovia he goes to the Order.

Dramatisation¶

Book I ch. 17 “Pasienis” (Vytautas; the four-week road through the Grodno forests and Biebrza marshes, then Warsaw; winter 1382–83).

Relations

Caused by: Vytautas escapes Krėva in the maid’s clothes

Causes: Vytautas before Zöllner at Marienburg — From Masovia to the Order, late 1382.

Location: Masovia (Płock / Warsaw)

Participants: Janusz I of Masovia · Vytautas

Connections¶

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