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Dudonis deny a direct cause and effect relationship between the siege and the campaign, as the siege is dated 1274. They claim that the campaign was a result of a broken peace treaty between Lithuania and Livonia. The peace was concluded so that Traidenis could concentrate on his war with
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Traidenis. The castle was of great strategic importance: it was used as a base for raids into central Lithuania in hopes that a weakened Traidenis would discontinue his support of Semigalians who rebelled against the order. Traidenis besieged the castle for a month
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The order lost its achievements over six preceding years: the
Semigallians rebelled once again and submitted to Traidenis for protection. However, Traidenis died ca. 1282 and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was unable to reap all the benefits. The order decided to elect one grand master with the
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but failed to capture it. Historiography often claims that the order started the campaign into
Lithuania in retaliation for the siege. However, newer research by
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Semigallian tribes. At the time of the campaign, Lithuania suffered a famine and Traidenis' brother Sirputis raided Polish lands around
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Lietovoje 1268–1282
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Lithuania and the Teutonic Order
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529:"Ar priminsime Europai apie Šiaulių mūšį?"
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284:Campaign against the Latvians
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89:Grand Duchy of Lithuania
649:Urban, William (1994).
431:Principality of Polotsk
777:13th century in Latvia
559:Gudavičius, Edvardas.
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104:Commanders and leaders
527:(22 September 2006).
449:Archbishopric of Riga
148:Casualties and losses
687:. pp. 133–136.
341:Battle of Aizkraukle
22:Battle of Aizkraukle
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561:"Aizkrauklės mūšis"
437:Campaign and battle
418:Edvardas Gudavičius
651:The Baltic Crusade
589:Baranauskas, Tomas
525:Baranauskas, Tomas
381:Ernst von Rassburg
118:Ernst von Rassburg
74:Lithuanian victory
782:Conflicts in 1279
723:56.600°N 25.250°E
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27:Part of the
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741:Categories
627:3 November
615:"Nameisis"
599:2007-05-26
573:3 November
484:References
444:chevauchée
407:Background
373:Ascheraden
365:Aizkraukle
355:, and the
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328:Aizkraukle
64:Aizkraukle
471:Aftermath
353:Traidenis
351:, led by
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110:Traidenis
533:Archived
457:Curonian
401:suzerain
393:Nameisis
58:Location
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711:56°36′N
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262:Tallinn
222:Turaida
153:Unknown
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383:, and
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369:German
323:Karuse
290:Garoza
257:Lihula
242:Otepää
232:Lehola
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71:Result
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363:near
318:Durbe
308:Memel
303:Saule
272:Tartu
217:Ümera
212:Cēsis
62:Near
689:ISBN
655:ISBN
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