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Švitrigaila (before 1370 – 10 February 1452; sometimes spelled Svidrigiello) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1430 to 1432. He spent most of his life in largely unsuccessful dynastic struggles against his cousins Vytautas and Sigismund Kęstutaitis .
- Before 1370
- Vytautas
- October 1430 – 31 August 1432
- Sigismund Kęstutaitis
Dictionary. Langenscheidt dictionaries in various languages. A multi-volume Latin dictionary by Egidio Forcellini. Dictionary definition entries. A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical and stroke for ...
Abstract. This chapter examines events in Lithuania after Vytautas’s death in 1430 and the dispute over the Lithuanian succession. It considers the ambiguous nature of Horodło’s provisions on the matter, arguing that the election of Jagiełło’s youngest brother Švitrigaila as grand duke by Lithuanian and Ruthenian nobles was not a bid to break the union on the part of the Lithuanians ...
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 ...
Date of birth: c. 1370 (statement with Gregorian date earlier than 1584), 1356 Date of death: 10 February 1452 Lutsk: Place of burial
Švitrigaila. (Svidrigailo). Date of birth unknown; died 1452. Grand Duke of Lithuania (1430–32); younger brother of Jogaila (Jagiełło), son of Algirdas. Svitrigaila challenged the Polish feudal lords’ hold over Po-dolia (Podol’e), which the Poles had taken in 1430; as a result, he was deposed as grand duke.
Švitrigaila. (Svidrigailo). Date of birth unknown; died 1452. Grand Duke of Lithuania (1430–32); younger brother of Jogaila (Jagiełło), son of Algirdas. Svitrigaila challenged the Polish feudal lords’ hold over Po-dolia (Podol’e), which the Poles had taken in 1430; as a result, he was deposed as grand duke.
