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Kęstutis (Latin: Kinstut, Lithuanian pronunciation: [kæːsˈtutɪs]; c. 1297 – 3 or 15 August 1382) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania. He was the Duke of Trakai and governed the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , 1342–1382, together with his brother Algirdas (until 1377), and with his nephew Jogaila (until 1381).
Flag of Vytautas the Great with a standing knight of Kęstutaičiai and Lithuanian Vytis (Waikymas), used during the Council of Constance in the early 15th century. The family of Kęstutis ( Lithuanian: Kęstutaičiai ), Grand Duke of Lithuania (1381–1382), is listed here. He co-ruled with his brother Algirdas from 1345 to 1377.
(Lithuanian), Polish: Kiejstut. Born: c. 1300. Died: Aug. 15, 1382, Kriavas, Lithuania? House / Dynasty: Jagiellon dynasty. Kęstutis (born c. 1300—died Aug. 15, 1382, Kriavas, Lithuania?) was the grand duke of Lithuania (1381–82) who defended his country’s western borders against the Teutonic Knights.
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The family of Gediminas is a group of family members of Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania (ca. 1275–1341), who interacted in the 14th century. The family included the siblings, children, and grandchildren of the Grand Duke and played the pivotal role in the history of Lithuania for the period as the Lithuanian nobility had not yet acquired ...
Kęstutis (Latin: Kinstut, Lithuanian pronunciation: [kæːsˈtutɪs]; c. 1297 – 3 or 15 August 1382) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania. He was the Duke of Trakai and governed the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 1342–1382, together with his brother Algirdas (until 1377), and with his nephew Jogaila (until 1381).The name "Kęstutis" is a derivative ...
Sigismund II of Poland. Titles. King/Grand Duke of Lithuania. Cadet branches. Jagiellonian dynasty. Kęstutaičiai. Trubetskoy family. House of Golitsyn. The House of Gediminid or simply the Gediminids [a] were a dynasty of monarchs in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that reigned from the 14th to the 16th century. [1]
Sigismund with Gediminas' Cap, painted in the 19th century. Sigismund Kęstutaitis ( Lithuanian: Žygimantas I Kęstutaitis, Polish: Zygmunt Kiejstutowicz; 1365 – 20 March 1440) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1432 to 1440.
