Grunwald Swords
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grunwald-swords-290-7097723
title:
Grunwald Swords
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The Grunwald Swords are a pair of simple bare swords sent as a mocking "gift" by Ulrich von Jungingen, the Grand Master of the Order of Teutonic Knights, to King Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland and Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania. The swords were sent on 15 July 1410, just before the Battle of Grunwald (Tannenberg), as a symbolic invitation to engage Jungingen's forces in battle. After the Polish–Lithuanian victory, both swords were taken as a war trophy by King Władysław II to Kraków, Poland's
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Battle swords
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunwald_Swords
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date modified:
2023-07-25T16:07:19Z
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