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Sigismund Kęstutaitis assumed power in Lithuania when he deposed Švitrigaila in a coup on August 31, 1432. Švitrigaila escaped, established himself in Polotsk , and rallied his supporters from Slavic lands of the Grand Duchy against Sigismund.
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.
Zikmund Kęstutovič byl nejmladším synem litevského submonarchy Kęstutise a Birutė.Od roku 1382 byl rukojmí Vladislava II.Jagella, v roce 1383 byl pokřtěn a v roce 1384 utekl ke svému staršímu bratrovi Vytautasovi (na hrad Marienburg, Řádem německých rytířů postaveném na soutoku Němenu a Dubysy).
In 1914, on the eve of World War I, during the celebrations marking the 500-year anniversary of the battle a monument by Antoni Wiwulski was erected in Kraków.The ceremony spawned demonstrations of outrage within Polish society against the aggressive politics of the German Empire, including the forcible Germanization of Poles after the partitions of Poland.
Sigismund Kęstutaitis (Lithuanian: Žygimantas I Kęstutaitis, Polish: Zygmunt Kiejstutowicz; 136520 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.
Conspirators, led by Sigismund Kęstutaitis, attacked Švitrigaila and his escort, who were staying in Ashmyany for the night of 31 August 1432. [7] Švitrigaila managed to escape to Polotsk while his pregnant wife Anna of Tver was detained. [1] [n 1] It is unclear what groups supported Sigismund and
The Lithuanian Civil War of 1432–1438 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. 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 Poland. The war threatened to sever the Union of Krewo, the ...
