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Capture and release. The Lithuanian army, led by Skirgaila, attacked Polotsk in 1387. The Livonian Order did not defend it, and the city soon surrendered. Andrei was captured; his son Simeon died in the fighting and another son, Ivan, escaped to Pskov, where he was mentioned as a prince in 1389.
Andrei of Polotsk (Belarusian language: Андрэй Альгердавіч, Lithuanian language: Andrius Algirdaitis , born ca. 1325 – died on 12 August 1399 in the Battle of the Vorskla River) was the eldest son of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his first wife Maria of Vitebsk.
The peace between Lithuania and Moscow lasted for about seven years until 1379, when after the death of Algirdas in 1377 his eldest son Andrei of Polotsk allied himself with Moscow against Jogaila. [8]
- 1368-1372
- Treaty of LyubutskLithuanian retreat
- Moscow, Lyubutsk
Andrei was a prince of Polotsk for three times – from 1342 to 1377, from 1381 to 1387 and from 1393 until his death in the battle of the Vorskla River in 1399.
- Yanina Ryier
Following the death in 1101 of Vseslav Briacheslavich 'the Sorcerer', the greater part of Polotsk broke up into smaller states which include the principalities of Drutsk (Druck), Jersika, Koknese, Minsk, and Vitebsk. The death in 1132 of Mstislav 'the Great' of Kyiv effectively ended the unity of the Kievan Rus state itself.
Andrei of Polotsk: Gender: Male: Birth: Abt 1319: Death: 12 Aug 1399: Battle of the Vorskla River: Reference Number? Q2494481?
Andrei of Polotsk (_lt. Andrius Algirdaitis, born ca. 1325 – died on 12 August 1399 in the Battle of the Vorskla River) was the eldest son Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his first wife Maria of Vitebsk.
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