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Vytautas the Great, excerpt from his 11 March 1420 Latin letter sent to Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, in which he described the core of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, composed from Žemaitija (lowlands) and Aukštaitija (highlands). Term Aukštaitija is known since the 13th century.
Apr 15, 2024 · Vytautas the Great was a Lithuanian national leader who consolidated his country’s possessions, helped to build up a national consciousness, and broke the power of the Teutonic Knights. He exercised great power over Poland. Vytautas was the son of Kęstutis, who for years had waged a struggle with
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Vytautas, also known as Vytautas the Great from the late 14th century onwards, was a ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He was also the prince of Grodno (1370–1382), prince of Lutsk (1387–1389), and the postulated king of the Hussites.
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Vytautas (vardas). Vytautas Didysis (~ 1350 m. – 1430 m. spalio 27 d.) – Lietuvos didysis kunigaikštis nuo 1392 m. iki mirties. [1] Formaliai Lenkija jį pripažino 1401 m. 1421–1423 m. husitai paskelbė Vytautą Bohemijos (Čekijos) karaliumi. Pasikrikštijo kaip Vygandas (1383 m.) ir Aleksandras (1386 m.).
Jogaila. Skirgaila. The Lithuanian Civil War of 1381–1384 was the first struggle for power between the cousins Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania and later King of Poland, and Vytautas the Great. It began after Jogaila signed the Treaty of Dovydiškės with the Teutonic Knights which was aimed against his uncle Kęstutis, father of Vytautas.
- August 1381 – July 1384
- Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Temporary Vytautas and Jogaila reconciliation
The Lithuanian Civil War of 1389–1392 was the second civil conflict between Jogaila, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his cousin Vytautas. At issue was control of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, then the largest state in Europe. [1] Jogaila had been crowned King of Poland in 1386; he installed his brother Skirgaila as ruler of ...
Vytautas was the son of Kęstutis, Duke of Trakai, and his second wife Birutė from western Samogitian region of Lithuania. Prior to her marriage to Kęstutis, Birutė guarded an eternal flame in a pagan sanctuary on a hill near today's town of Palanga on the Baltic Sea coast. Vytautas was Birutė's oldest son.He was born about the year 1350 in ...
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