Vytautas the Great

Vytautas the Great is the Grand Duke of Lithuania, and widely regarded as a king by his own people. In 1410 he is one of the most powerful men in Europe and a major opponent of the Ordenstaat, having opposed the Teutonic Knights since the first Lithuanian Civil war, when his cousin Jogaila who would later become King of Poland, allied himself with the Teutonic Knights agianst Vytautas's father Kęstutis.

By 1410, Jogaila has become Władysław II Jagiełło, King of Poland and technically, Vytautas is now a nominal vassal of his cousin though the Union of Vilnius and Radom gives Vytautas and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania vast internal autonomy and Vytautas is often regarded as the more powerful of the two.

At the Battle of Grunewald/Tannenberg, Vytautas, aged sixty, commands the Lithuanian flank and Jagiełło is Supreme Commander of the combined army. Rumours abound however that Vytautas is the true architect of the allied battle plan.