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Vytautas is a popular male given name in Lithuania. In commemoration of the 500-year anniversary of his death, Vytautas Magnus University was named after him. Monuments in his honour were built in many towns in independent Lithuania during the interwar period from 1918 to 1939. Vytautas knew and spoke the Lithuanian language with his cousin ...
Jogaila, later Władysław II Jagiełło, was Grand Duke of Lithuania, later giving the position to his cousin Vytautas in exchange for the title of Supreme Duke of Lithuania (1401–1434) and then King of Poland (1386–1434), first alongside his wife Jadwiga until 1399, and then sole ruler of Poland.
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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vytautas has received more than 483,551 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Vytautas is the 673rd most popular politician (up from 706th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Lithuania and the 3rd most popular Lithuanian Politician.
The Order was instituted in 1930 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas the Great. The badge of the Order, struck in pre-war Lithuania, was designed by a Lithuanian artist, Jonas Burba. The insignia of the Order issued today are of the same design.
- Distinguished services to the State of Lithuania
- Order of the Cross of Vytis
Flag of Vytautas the Great with a standing knight of Kęstutaičiai and Lithuanian Vytis (Waikymas), used during the Council of Constance in the early 15th century. The family of Kęstutis ( Lithuanian: Kęstutaičiai ), Grand Duke of Lithuania (1381–1382), is listed here. He co-ruled with his brother Algirdas from 1345 to 1377.
Vytautas: see Witowt. Source for information on Vytautas: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. dictionary.
