Battle of Wiłkomierz

Battle of Wiłkomierz
	Part of the Lithuanian Civil War (1432–38)
	; Monument at the field of the Battle of Wiłkomierz
Date	September 1, 1435
Location	Ukmergė near the Šventoji River55°9′57″N 24°46′17″E
Result	Decisive victory of Sigismund Kęstutaitis
Belligerents
Eastern Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Polotsk, Vitebsk, Smolensk, Kiev, Volhynia); Livonian Order; Golden Horde	Western Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Samogitia, Podlaskie, Hrodna, Minsk); Kingdom of Poland
Commanders and leaders
Švitrigaila; Franco Kerskorff †; Sigismund Korybut †	Sigismund Kęstutaitis; Michael Žygimantaitis; Jakub Kobylański
Strength
11,000 (contemporary exaggeration: 30,000)	9,500 (contemporary exaggeration: 30,000)

The Battle of Wiłkomierz (see other names) took place on September 1, 1435, near Ukmergė in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. With the help of military units from the Kingdom of Poland, the forces of Grand Duke Sigismund Kęstutaitis soundly defeated Švitrigaila and his Livonian allies. The battle was a decisive engagement of the Lithuanian Civil War (1432–1438). Švitrigaila lost most of his supporters and withdrew to southern Grand Duchy; he was slowly pushed out and eventually made peace. The damage inflicted upon the Livonian Order has been compared to the damage of Battle of Grunwald upon the Teutonic Order. It was fundamentally weakened and ceased to play a major role in Lithuanian affairs. The battle can be seen as the final engagement of the Lithuanian Crusade.

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