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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 .
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.
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Kęstutis. Kęstutis ( Latin: Kinstut, Lithuanian pronunciation: [kæːsˈtutɪs]; c. 1297 – 3 or 15 August 1382) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania. [1] He was the Duke of Trakai and governed the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 1342–1382, together with his brother Algirdas (until 1377), and with his nephew Jogaila (until 1381).
- 1381–1382
- Jogaila
- Jogaila
The family of Kęstutis ( Lithuanian: Kęstutaičiai ), Grand Duke of Lithuania (1381–1382), is listed here.
Sigismund II August King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania; Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368–1437), also King of Hungary and King of Bohemia; Sigismund Kęstutaitis (c. 1365–1440), Grand Duke of Lithuania; Sigismund Korybut (c. 1395-c. 1435), Lithuanian duke who participated in Hussite Wars; Sigismund II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau ...
The Battle of Wiłkomierz (see other names) took place on September 1, 1435, near Ukmergė in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. With the help of military units from the Kingdom of Poland, the forces of Grand Duke Sigismund Kęstutaitis soundly defeated Švitrigaila and his Livonian allies.
Švitrigaila (before 1370 – 10 February 1452; sometimes spelled Svidrigiello) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1430 to 1432. [2] . He spent most of his life in largely unsuccessful dynastic struggles against his cousins Vytautas and Sigismund Kęstutaitis . Early life and Vitebsk rebellion.
