 Complete the following phrase:  Vytautas himself had other intentions: though he accepted the title, he continued to demand Lithuanias complete separation from Poland. He also pursued an ambitious expansionist policy to the east, hoping to conquer Novgorod and Pskov, and he is known to have styled himself velikii kniaz or grand prince, a term borrowed from Kievan Rus. Vytautas even had himself crowned a king by local nobles in 1398. But in 1399, his forces and those of his ally, Khan Tokhtamysh of the White Horde, were crushed by the Timurids at the 