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Kęstutis seal from 1379. 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).
Vytautas (c. 1350 – 27 October 1430), also known as Vytautas the Great, [1][a] 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. [4] In modern Lithuania, Vytautas is revered as a national hero and was an important figure in the ...
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. [1][2][3]
A new phase began in 1377 with the death of Algirdas. [15]: 75 In Lithuania, a power struggle erupted between Algirdas's sons, Kęstutis, and Kęstutis's son Vytautas. Alternating alliances were forged with former opponents to the north and west since the question of Christian conversion had lost energy in the preceding century.
[37] [38] Vytautas continued his fight for supremacy, and the conflicts between the descendants of Algirdas and Kęstutis lasted well into the 15th century. [3] Manvydas was the eldest son of Gediminas and inherited the territories of Kernavė and Slonim from his father. [33] Little is known about him, and he died soon after Gediminas.
The House of Gediminid (Lithuanian: Gediminaičių dinastija), or simply the Gediminids, [a] were a dynasty of monarchs in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that reigned from the 14th to the 16th century. [1] A cadet branch of this family, known as the Jagiellonian dynasty, reigned also in the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Hungary and Kingdom of ...
In 1398, the Lithuanian nobility declared Vytautas the Great as the King of Lithuania and, following the Congress of Lutsk in 1430, the crowning was sanctioned by Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor. However, Vytautas died before the crown arrived. [21] [22] [23] Jogaila's son Władysław III also titled himself as the Supreme Duke of Lithuania. [19]
Algirdas (Belarusian: Альгерд, romanized: Alhierd; Ukrainian: Ольге́рд, О́льґерд, romanized: Olherd, Olgerd, Polish: Olgierd; c. 1296 – May 1377) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1345 to 1377. [1] With the help of his brother Kęstutis (who defended the western border of the Duchy) he created an empire stretching from ...