Civil War in Lithuania

In a drive towards Warszawa he was bogged down by excellent Polish command while his own Szlachta rebelled. Isolated with his army in Czersk, he struck a deal with the Polish king to leave Poland immediately if the Polish king would refuse to accept the Lithuanian throne from the rebels in the north. It was a not too glorious retreat and he considered himself defeated. The Szlachta had dethroned Aleksandras, but was sidetracked by the fact that the Polish king refused to have anything to do with the traitors. Not all of the Szlachta were against Aleksandras and upon his return another army joined him. Together they smashed the rebel forces and executed the traitors. These events resulted in a deep-set foreign policy in Lithuania to always support the Polish kings against their internal foes, but never to meddle without being asked.