The Truce of Łęczyca was signed during the

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between the

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and the

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Łęczyca Łęczyca (; in full the Royal Town of Łęczyca, pl, Królewskie Miasto Łęczyca; german: Lentschitza; he, לונטשיץ) is a town of 13,786 inhabitants () in central Poland. Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship, it is the county seat of the ...

on 15 December 1433 (this has also led some Polish historians to divide this Polish–Teutonic War into two wars, in 1431–1433 and in 1435). The Teutonic Knights, pressured by the citizens of their lands, agreed to the 12-year-old

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to other Polish demands, including that the Order would cease support to

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(a Lithuanian noble who attempted to break the Polish-Lithuanian union with the aid of the Order); in addition each side would control the territories it occupied until a peace would be signed (''uti possidetis''), and no party would seek mediation of foreign powers to change this truce. This marked the end of the war on Polish territories; the struggle on Lithuanian lands would continue for two more years (as the truce with Poland did not extend to the

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External links

Partial text of the treaty
as cited by Leon Rogalski, ''Dzieje Krzyżaków: oraz ich stosunki z Polska̜, Litwa̜ i Prussami''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Truce of Leczyca 1430s treaties 1433 in Europe Treaties of the Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569) Leczyca, Truce of Leczyca 15th century in Poland 15th century in the State of the Teutonic Order