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Vytautas is a popular male given name in Lithuania. In commemoration of the 500-year anniversary of his death, Vytautas Magnus University was named after him. Monuments in his honour were built in many towns in independent Lithuania during the interwar period from 1918 to 1939. Vytautas knew and spoke the Lithuanian language with his cousin ...
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. Anna was mother of Sophia of Lithuania, the wife of Vasily I of Moscow. [1] She is best remembered for helping Vytautas to escape from a prison in ...
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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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Jul 9, 2019 · Vytautas Kirkliauskas and his wife Neringa Kirkliauskienė overcame the difficult 253.5-meter obstacle race in 1 minute and 6.72 seconds. Taiisto Miettinen, who has won the title six times previously, and his new partner Katja Kovanen, trailed them by very little – just a tenth of a second. Couples from dozens of countries participate in ...
Jul 6, 2019 · A Lithuanian man and his wife have won the world 'wife carrying' title, leaping over timber and wading through waist-high water to beat dozens of other couples for a second year running. Vytautas ...
Jul 6, 2019 · The prize is the wife’s weight in beer. Vytautas Kirkliauskas and his wife Neringa Kirkliauskiene cleared a grueling 253.5 meter (278-yard) obstacle course in 1 minute 6.72 seconds Saturday. That was just a tenth of a second ahead of former six-time world champion, Finland’s Taisto Miettinen and his new partner Katja Kovanen.
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 ...
