Polish lords seize Podolia after Vytautas’s death¶

What the chronicles say [Historical record]¶

Immediately after Vytautas’s death (October–November 1430) Polish lords seized Podolia, Kamianets castle among the places taken (Polish sources: the Podolian lords took it, by one account in agreement with the starosta); the truce required Kamianets, Smotrych and Červonogrod to be returned to Lithuania, and the Poles did not return them (lt.wikipedia, Švitrigaila). Podolian forces retook Kamianets only in 1433 (en.wikipedia, Battle of Murafa). Švitrigaila had been raised Grand Duke unilaterally by the Lithuanian lords against the Horodło clauses; Jogaila, who was in Vilnius for the funeral, announced his approval on 7 November 1430 and then withdrew under pressure from the Polish lords. Jogaila lodged in Vilnius castle as a virtual hostage until just before Christmas.

Polish lords seize Podolia after Vytautas’s death


Tipas	įvykis
Metai	1430-11
Status	Istoriniai duomenys
Knyga	V · Vilko Palikimas
Pastaba	Polish magnates seize Podolia immediately following Vytautas’s death in late 1430.

What really happened [The saga’s invention]¶

The news arrives in late November „when the roads were already freezing“. The saga treats it as the first deal of the new reign: Švitrigaila promises the east a return to the old realm and finds the west moving before he sits.

Consequences¶

Caused by the death of Vytautas. It leads, via the Polish invasion of Volhynia, to the truce of Czartorysk and the treaty of Christmemel.

Dramatisation¶

Book V ch. 3 „Švitrigailos Pakilimas“ (Švitrigaila; the news arrives in late November 1430), mentioned again in ch. 6 „Paskutinis Akmuo“ (Jogaila, Kraków, 1431).

Ryšiai

Caused by: Vytautas dies at Trakai; the Last Flame goes out

Causes: Treaty of Christmemel (Švitrigaila and the Order) — Švitrigaila allies with the Order (19 Jun 1431).

Location: Kamianets (Podolia) — Polish and Podolian lords took Kamianets castle in Oct-Nov 1430 and the Poles did not return it as the truce required (lt.wikipedia, Švitrigaila); retaken by Podolians in 1433.

Participants: Švitrigaila — Victim of it.

Sąsajos¶

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