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Sigismund I the Old (Polish: Zygmunt I Stary, Lithuanian: Žygimantas II Senasis; 1 January 1467 – 1 April 1548) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 until his death in 1548. Sigismund I was a member of the Jagiellonian dynasty , the son of Casimir IV and younger brother of Kings John I Albert and Alexander I Jagiellon .
The Lithuanian Civil War of 1432–1438 [1] 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. [2] [3] [4] 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 ...
Jun 13, 2019 · A pitched battle unfolded on 16 June 1426 at Aussig-on-the-elbe that pitted a Hussite army led by Lithuanian Duke Sigismund Korybut against a German army led by Frederick II, Elector of Saxony. The Hussites deployed a large wagenburg on a hilltop where they awaited the inevitable German heavy cavalry attack.
Mar 3, 2022 · The International Criminal Court has specific definitions for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression. Read about them in this guide published by the ICC .
Between 1422 and 1428, Władysław's nephew, Sigismund Korybut, attempted a regency in war-torn Bohemia, with little success. Vytautas accepted Sigismund's offer of a royal crown in 1429—apparently with Władysław's blessing—but Polish forces intercepted the crown in transit and the coronation was cancelled.
Jogaila, later Władysław II Jagiełło (c. 1352/1362 – 1 June 1434) was Grand Duke of Lithuania (1377–1434), King of Poland (1386–1399) alongside his wife Jadwiga, and then sole King of Poland. In 1385 the Union of Krewo was signed between Queen Jadwiga of Poland and Jogaila, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, the last pagan state in Europe.
Aug 19, 2022 · Sigismund of Hungary was quick to take advantage of this loss for the Hussites, launching a second Crusade in the hope that the Hussites would be easily scattered without their general – but a new generations of leaders, such as bald-headed Prokop the Great and Sigismund Korybut (the latter being a renegade Lithuanian prince) quickly rose to ...
