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Witold assumed the title of "acknowledged" or "demanded" King of Bohemia, and with his aid and consent his nephew Sigismund Korybut equipped an armed force of about 5000 men to maintain Witold's claim to the Bohemian throne. This enterprise caused great excitement among the Slav populations of Eastern Europe.
Roman Catholicism. Signature. Sigismund III Vasa ( Polish: Zygmunt III Waza, Lithuanian: Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to 1599. He was the first Polish sovereign from the House of Vasa.
Sigismund Korybut (c. 1395-c. 1435), duque lituano que participó en las guerras de Hussite; Sigismund II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (died after 1452) Sigismund, Archiduque de Austria (1427–1496), gobernante de Austria; Sigismund de Baviera (1439–1501), Duque de Baviera; Sigismund I el Viejo (1467–1548), Rey de Polonia, Gran Duque de Lituania
John Zizka, the Hussite military leader, expelled Sigismund in 1420 and routed him again at Kutna Hora in 1422. From 1419 to 1436, Bohemia had no effective king, although Witowt of Lithuania was elected (1421) antiking and sent his nephew, Sigismund Korybut, to Bohemia as his vicar. Korybut took the crown in 1424 and held it until 1427.
Sigismund Korybut, however, remained a short time in Bohemia, as in 1423 he was called to come back to Lithuania, after Jagiello had made a treaty with Sigismund. On his departure, civil war broke out when the Taborites took to arms against the more moderate Utraquists, who at this period are also called the "Praguers;" Prague was their ...
Jan 7, 2024 · Sigismund Korybut, who had returned to Bohemia in 1424 with 1,500 troops, helped broker this peace. After Žižka's death in October 1424, Prokop the Great took command of the Taborites. Korybut, who had come in defiance of Władysław II and Vytautas, also became a Hussite leader. Campaigns of 1426 and 1427 (fourth anti-Hussite Crusade)
Jan 7, 2024 · Fedor (Fyodor, Teodor, Fedko, Fedka Nesvitski), son of Korybut, is mentioned in multiple documents and letters since 1422. In the letter dated Feb. 8 1432 from Švitrigaila to Grand Duke of Volkovysk, is mentioned Fedor Korybutowicz, foreman of Podolia (starosta Podolski - PL). Fedor participated in the Battle of Vilkomir (now Ukmergė ...
