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In 1431, while the main Polish forces were involved in Lutsk in Volhynia, the Teutonic Knights invaded Poland. Finding little opposition, the Knights ravaged Dobrzyń Land, taking the town of Nieszawa, and tried to move on to the Kuyavia and Krajna regions. However, the Teutonic army was defeated on 13 September 1431 in the Battle of Dąbki ...
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign state in northeastern Europe that existed from the 13th century, [5] succeeding the Kingdom of Lithuania, to the late 18th century, [6] when the territory was suppressed during the 1795 partitions of Poland–Lithuania. The state was founded by Lithuanians, who were at the time a polytheistic nation ...
Švitrigaila. "Grand Duke Švitrigaila". 1989 drawing by R. Bilinskas. Švitrigaila, was born in Vilnius ca. 1370 to Grand Duke Algirdas of Lithuania and his second wife Uliana, daughter of Aleksander Mikhailovich, Prince of Tver. Švitrigaila was Uliana's youngest son and grew up in Vilnius. Before his death in 1377, Algirdas picked Jogaila ...
The Lithuanian Civil War of 1432–1438 [1] was a war of succession to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, after Vytautas the Great died in 1430 without leaving an heir. [2] [3] [4] The war was fought on the one side by Švitrigaila, allied with the Teutonic Knights, and on the other by Sigismund Kęstutaitis, backed by the Kingdom of ...
Date of birth: c. 1370 (statement with Gregorian date earlier than 1584), 1356 Date of death: 10 February 1452 Lutsk: Place of burial
Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Armenian) Naming conventions (Armenian) is within the scope of WikiProject Armenia, an attempt to improve and better organize information in articles related or pertaining to Armenia and Armenians. If you would like to contribute or collaborate, you could edit the page attached to this page or visit the ...
