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Lithuania is suffering a famine and Traidenis's …
Years: 1279 - 1279
Lithuania is suffering a famine and Traidenis's brother Sirputis is raiding Polish lands around Lublin.
The Livonian army, which includes men from the Livonian Order, Archbishopric of Riga, Danish Estonia, and local Curonian and Semigallian tribes, reaches as far as Kernavė, the center of Grand Duke's lands.
They do not meet any open resistance and plunder many villages.
On their way home, the knights are followed by a small force of Traidenis's troops.
When the enemies approach Aizkraukle on March 5, 1279, the Grand Master sends most of the local warriors home with their share of loot.
At this point, the Lithuanians attack.
The Semigallians are among the first to retreat from the battlefield and the Lithuanians achieve a decisive victory.
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People
Groups
- Polytheism (“paganism”)
- Semigallians (Eastern Balts)
- Curonians (Western Balts)
- Lithuanians (Eastern Balts)
- Germans
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Poland during the period of fragmentation, Kingdom of
- Riga, Bishopric/Archbishopric of
- Teutonic Knights of Acre (House of the Hospitalers of Saint Mary of the Teutons in Jerusalem)
- Estonia, Danish
- Lithuania, Grand Duchy of
- Holy Roman Empire
Topics
- Crusades, The
- Ostsiedlung (German: Settlement in the East), a.k.a. German eastward expansion
- Northern Crusades, or Baltic Crusades
- Livonian Crusade
- Teutonic Knights' Conquest of Prussia
- Aizkraukle, Battle of
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Years: 1279 - 1279
Locations
People
Groups
- Polytheism (“paganism”)
- Semigallians (Eastern Balts)
- Curonians (Western Balts)
- Lithuanians (Eastern Balts)
- Germans
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Poland during the period of fragmentation, Kingdom of
- Riga, Bishopric/Archbishopric of
- Teutonic Knights of Acre (House of the Hospitalers of Saint Mary of the Teutons in Jerusalem)
- Estonia, Danish
- Lithuania, Grand Duchy of
- Holy Roman Empire
Topics
- Crusades, The
- Ostsiedlung (German: Settlement in the East), a.k.a. German eastward expansion
- Northern Crusades, or Baltic Crusades
- Livonian Crusade
- Teutonic Knights' Conquest of Prussia
- Aizkraukle, Battle of
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions