Passage: The Lithuanian Civil War of 1432-1438 was a conflict over the succession to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, after Vytautas the Great died in 1430 without leaving an heir.  The war was fought on the one side by Švitrigaila, allied with the Teutonic Knights, and on the other by Sigismund Kęstutaitis, backed by the Kingdom of Poland. The war threatened to sever the Union of Krewo, the personal union between Poland and Lithuania. Švitrigaila's alliance with the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, Paul von Rusdorf, launched the Polish-Teutonic War  but failed to secure victory for Švitrigaila. When Sigismund captured power in Lithuania by staging a coup in 1432, Lithuania split into two opposing camps, and there began three years of devastating hostilities. To prevent the Knights from continuing their support of Švitrigaila, Poland backed a Hussite invasion of Prussia in 1433. The war ended in a decisive defeat for Švitrigaila and his ally, the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Knights, at the Battle of Pabaiskas in September 1435. Švitrigaila eventually surrendered in 1437; Sigismund Kęstutaitis ruled Lithuania for only eight years before he was assassinated in 1440.
How many years after Vytautas the Great died did the Lithuanian Civil War start? How many years after Vytautas the Great was it before the Lithuanian Civil War occured? How many years after defeat did it take for Švitrigaila to surrender? How many years after his decisive defeat did Švitrigaila finally surrender? How many years after the coup in 1432 were Švitrigaila and the Teutonic Knights defeated? How many years after the death of Vytautas the Great did the Lithuanian Civil War begin? How many years after the surrender of Švitrigaila was Sigismund Kęstutaitis assassinated? How many years after Švitrigaila's defeat at the Battle of Pabaiskas was it before he surrendered? How many years did Kęstutaitis rule after the end of the Civil War before he was assassinated? How many years did Sigismund rule, after his coup in 1432? How many years did the Lithuanian Civil War last? How many years did the Lithuanian Civil War span? The the Polish-Teutonic War happen before or after the start of the Lithuanian Civl War? What event threatened the Union of Krewo? What two groups backed the feuding parties of the Lithuanian Civil War? Who lost the civil war? Who was feuding over the throne of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania?