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Vytautas. Issue. Sophia. House. Kęstutis ( by marriage) Father. disputed. Anna ( Lithuanian: Ona Vytautienė; died on 31 July 1418 in Trakai [1]) was Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1392–1418). She probably was the first wife of Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania.
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- Kęstutis (by marriage)
- 4 August 1392 – 31 July 1418
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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 ...
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Vytautas was the son of Kęstutis, Duke of Trakai, and his second wife Birutė from western Samogitian region of Lithuania. Prior to her marriage to Kęstutis, Birutė guarded an eternal flame in a pagan sanctuary on a hill near today's town of Palanga on the Baltic Sea coast. Vytautas was Birutė's oldest son.He was born about the year 1350 in Trakai.
Apr 15, 2024 · Battle of Grunwald. Battle of the Vorskla River. Vytautas the Great (born 1350, Lithuania—died Oct. 27, 1430, Trakai, Lith.) was a Lithuanian national leader who consolidated his country’s possessions, helped to build up a national consciousness, and broke the power of the Teutonic Knights. He exercised great power over Poland.
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Aug 15, 2023 · The first wife of Witold was Anna, the daughter of the Duke of Smolensk, Sviatoslav Iwanowicz (RUS) [13] [14] née Rurykowicz. The wedding with Anna took place around 1370 [13], at the latest in 1376 or 1377 [14]. Anna died on July 31, 1418 and was buried in the Vilnius cathedral.
Apr 23, 2024 · Born in 1350 in the castle of present-day Old Trakai (Senieji Trakai), Vytautas was the son of Kęstutis and his wife Birutė. Vytautas was a cousin and childhood friend of Jogaila (Władysław II Jagiełło), who became King of Poland in 1386.
