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Sigismund Kęstutaitis. Sigismund Kęstutaitis ( Lithuanian: Žygimantas I Kęstutaitis, Polish: Zygmunt Kiejstutowicz; 1365 – 20 March 1440) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1432 to 1440. Sigismund was his baptismal name, while his pagan Lithuanian birth name is unknown. He was the son of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Kęstutis and his ...
Sigismund Kęstutaitis ( Lithuanian: Žygimantas I Kęstutaitis, Polish: Zygmunt Kiejstutowicz; 1365 – 20 March 1440) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1432 to 1440. Sigismund was his baptismal name, while his pagan Lithuanian birth name is unknown. He was the son of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Kęstutis and his wife Birutė.
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Sigismund Kęstutaitis assumed power in Lithuania when he deposed Švitrigaila in a coup on August 31, 1432. Švitrigaila escaped, established himself in Polotsk, and rallied his supporters from Slavic lands of the Grand Duchy against Sigismund. The Teutonic Knights secretly supported Švitrigaila chiefly through its branch in Livonia.
Strength. Several thousand. 20,000. Casualties and losses. 10,000 killed. 4,000 captured. Heavy. The Battle of Ashmyany was fought on 8 December 1432 at Ashmyany between the armies of Švitrigaila and Sigismund Kęstutaitis, two pretenders to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania during the Lithuanian Civil War (1432–1438) .
Apr 28, 2022 · Death: March 20, 1440 (74-75) Trakai, Lithuania (Killed by Švitrigaila supporters) Place of Burial: Vilnius, Lithuania. Immediate Family: Son of Kestutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Birute of Palanga, Queen consort of Lithuania. Husband of N Andreyevna Odintsewicz and Ofka of Mazovia. Father of prince Mikhail Zygmuntovich and Jadvyga ...
- Trakai, Vilnius County
- N Andreyevna Odintsewicz, Ofka of Mazovia
- Vilnius County
Mar 5, 2023 · Sigismund (Sigismont) Keistutovich (Lithuanian: Žygimantas Kęstutaitis, c. 1365-20 March 1440, Troki) was Prince of Mozyr (1385-1401), Novogrudok (1401-1406) and Starodub (1406-1432), Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1432 to 1440. Son of Prince Keistut of Troc and Samogitia from his marriage with Biruta, younger brother of Grand Duke Vitovt of ...
Seals of Sigismund Kęstutaitis (15 F) Sigismund I, Grand Duke of Lithuania in art ...
