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 The peace treaty in theCentral Archives of Historical Records,Warsaw | |
| Type | Peace treaty |
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| Signed | 22 May 1404 |
| Location | Raciążek,Poland |
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Peace of Raciążek was a treaty signed on 22 May 1404 betweenKingdom of Poland,Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and theTeutonic Knights, regarding the control of theDobrzyń Land andSamogitia. Poland in essence confirmed theTreaty of Kalisz of 1342 and Lithuania – theTreaty of Salynas of 1398. The treaty was not stable and the situation soon changed with thePolish-Lithuanian–Teutonic War of 1409–1411.
Poland, with support of the papacy, was able to increase its ties with the Grand Duchy, by signing theUnion of Vilnius and Radom in 1401. The same yearSamogitians rebelled against the Knights. The rebels burnt several Teutonic castles. The Knights retaliated by raidingKaunas andGrodno. In 1402 the Order allied with Lithuanian dukeŠvitrigaila, brother ofWładysław II Jagiełło, who promised to follow the Treaty of Salynas and cede Samogitia to the Knights.
When neither side could achieve decisive victory andVytautas the Great wanted to direct his attention to a war againstYury of Smolensk, the negotiations started in summer 1403. The final treaty was signed inRaciążek and addressed some of the territories disputed between Poland, Lithuania and the Order: the Dobrzyń Land was to return to Poland for a fee,Samogitia was to remain with the Order, and the discussion regarding theGdańsk (Danzig) region was inconclusive. Švitrigaila was allowed to return toPodolia.
When in 1408 Vytautas concluded his wars in the east with theGrand Duchy of Moscow, he was able to concentrate on the Teutonic Knights again.Samogitians rebelled for the second time in 1409. That led to anew war between Poland–Lithuania and the Knights, who were decisively defeated in theBattle of Grunwald in 1410. ThePeace of Thorn (1411) changed borders determined by the Peace of Raciążek.
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