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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 ...
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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 ...
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. After the death of Kęstutis, he was a prisoner of Jogaila from 1382 to 1384. Sigismund was baptized in Catholic rite in 1383. In 1384, he escaped captivity and joined his brother ...
Apr 28, 2022 · 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 Žygimantaitė. Brother of Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania; princess N daughter of Kestutis; Maria Martha Miklause, Queen consort of ...
- Trakai, Vilnius County
- N Andreyevna Odintsewicz, Ofka of Mazovia
- Vilnius County
Kęstutis ( Latin: Kinstut, Lithuanian pronunciation: [kæːsˈtutɪs]; c. 1297 – 3 or 15 August 1382) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania. [1] 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). [1]
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Sigismund was baptized in Catholic rite in 1383. In 1384, he escaped captivity and joined his brother Vytautas the Great, who allied himself with the Teutonic Knights. When Vytautas allied with the Teutonic Knights for the second time to fight Skirgaila, Sigismund was a hostage of the Teutonic Knights, together with his family from 1389 to 1398.
