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Samogitian uprisings refer to two uprisings by the Samogitians against the Teutonic Knights in 1401–1404 and 1409. Samogitia was granted to the Teutonic Knights by Vytautas the Great , Grand Duke of Lithuania , several times in order to enlist Knights' support for his other military affairs.
Lithuania supported the uprising and the Knights threatened to invade. Poland announced its support for the Lithuanian cause and threatened to invade Prussia in return. As Prussian troops evacuated Samogitia, the Teutonic Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen declared war on the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania on 6 August 1409. [ 5 ]
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The Battle of Skuodas or Schoden [2] was a medieval battle fought in ca. 1259 near Skuodas in present-day Lithuania during the Lithuanian Crusade.The Samogitian army of 3,000 invaded Courland and on their way back defeated the Livonian Order, killing 33 knights and many more low-rank soldiers. [3]
These losses weakened the Teutonic Order, allowing for the Great Prussian Uprising. [5]: 18 [12] When the converted king of Lithuania, Mindaugas, was assassinated in 1263, the region entered an era of instability. [9]: 181 Lithuanians supported the Prussian uprisings and arranged military raids together with Prussians and Yotvingians.
The 31-member or 30-member [nb 1] delegation from seven Samogitian regions (Ariogala, Kaltinėnai, Knituva, Kražiai, Medingėnai, Raseiniai, and Viduklė) arrived to Königsberg around the pentecost. [2] They promised their loyalty to "their king" Vytautas and guaranteed trade freedom for the Knights in Samogitia. [1]
The uprising grew into the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War and it is believed that Rumbaudas commanded Samogitian troops in the Battle of Grunwald (1410). [2] After the war, he became Grand Marshal of Lithuania while his brother Mykolas Kęsgaila became Elder of Samogitia.
Jurgis Aukštuolaitis with wife and son in 1914–1915. Jurgis Aukštuolaitis (birth/death dates unknown) was a controversial and opportunistic Lithuanian activist best known for his role in organizing the attempted coup against the Lithuanian government in August–September 1919.