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- 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.
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Royal seal of Sigismund 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. Sigismund was his baptismal name, while his pagan
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]
Several thousand. 20,000. Casualties and losses. 10,000 killed. 4,000 captured. Heavy. The Battle of Ashmyany was fought on 8 December 1432 at Ashmyany between the armies of Švitrigaila and Sigismund Kęstutaitis, two pretenders to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania during the Lithuanian Civil War (1432–1438) .
Apr 8, 2024 · Sigismund II Augustus was the last Jagiellon king of Poland, who united Livonia and the duchy of Lithuania with Poland, creating a greatly expanded and legally unified kingdom. The only son of Sigismund I the Old and Bona Sforza, Sigismund II was elected and crowned coruler with his father in 1530.
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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 wife Birutė.
Under pressure from his parents, King Sigismund I the Old and Bona Sforza, Sigismund was made grand duke of Lithuania and elected king of Poland (coronation on 20 February 1530) in his father's lifetime, which was contrary to the law then in force.
Sigismund Kęstutaitis (Lithuanian: Žygimantas I Kęstutaitis; Belarusian: Жыгімонт Кейстутавіч; Polish: Zygmunt Kiejstutowicz; Ukrainian: Сигізмунд Кейстутович;1365 – 20 March 1440) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1432 to 1440.
