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Vytautas (c. 1350 – 27 October 1430), also known as Vytautas the Great [1] ( Lithuanian: Vytautas Didysis ⓘ, Belarusian: Вітаўт, Vitaŭt, [2] Polish: Witold Kiejstutowicz, Witold Aleksander or Witold Wielki, [1] Ukrainian: Вітовт ( Vitovt ), Ruthenian: Витовт ( Vitovt ), Latin: Alexander Vitoldus, Old German: Wythaws or Wythawt) [3] from the late...
Vytautas (vardas). Vytautas Didysis (~1350 m. – 1430 m. spalio 27 d.) – Lietuvos didysis kunigaikštis nuo 1392 m. iki mirties. Formaliai Lenkija jį pripažino 1401 m. 1421–1423 m. husitai paskelbė Vytautą Bohemijos (Čekijos) karaliumi. Pasikrikštijo kaip Vygandas (1383 m.) ir Aleksandras (1386 m.).
Vytautas the Great (born 1350, Lithuania—died Oct. 27, 1430, Trakai, Lith.) Lithuanian national leader who consolidated his country’s possessions, helped to build up a national consciousness, and broke the power of the Teutonic Knights.
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Sudarant Salyno sutartį Vytautas VO ir lietuvių bajorų atstovų buvo paskelbtas Lietuvos karaliumi, su Šventosios Romos imperijos imperatoriumi pradėtos derybos dėl jo karūnavimo. 1399 Vytauto žygis prieš Aukso ordą, kurį popiežius Bonifacas IX paskelbė kryžiaus žygiu prieš nekrikščionis, baigėsi pralaimėtu Vorsklos mūšiu ...
Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania. Lithuanian history: Vytautas the Great. "Vytautas the Great" 1930 painting by J. Zakaras. Vytautas was the son of Kęstutis, Duke of Trakai, and his second wife Birutė from western Samogitian region of Lithuania.
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.
Church of Vytautas the Great or the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary ( Lithuanian: Vytauto Didžiojo bažnyčia) is a Roman Catholic church in the Old Town of Kaunas, Lithuania, and is the oldest church in the city and an important example of Gothic architecture in Lithuania, having the only Gothic cross-shaped plan (with side ch...