Vytautas, the Glossary
Vytautas (c. 135027 October 1430), also known as Vytautas the Great (Lithuanian:, Вітаўт, Vitaŭt, Witold Kiejstutowicz, Witold Aleksander or Witold Wielki, Вітовт (Vitovt), Ruthenian: Витовт (Vitovt), Latin: Alexander Vitoldus, Old German: Wythaws or Wythawt) from the late 14th century onwards, was a ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[1]
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125 relations: Adam Mickiewicz, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, Algirdas, Anna, Grand Duchess of Lithuania, Aukštaitija, Švitrigaila, Baltic Sea, Battle of Grunwald, Battle of the Vorskla River, Birutė, Black Sea, Bychowiec Chronicle, Catholic Church, Cavalry, Childbirth, Christians, Congress of Lutsk, Council of Constance, Crimea, Crimean Karaites, Crimean Tatars, Crusades, Curia, Delfi (web portal), Dubysa, Duchy of Trakai, Eastern Orthodox Church, Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Family of Kęstutis, Folk hero, Gediminas' Cap, Gediminids, Goštautai, Golden Horde, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Grodno, Henry of Masovia, Henryk Łowmiański, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Hermann II, Count of Celje, Hussites, Ivan Olshansky, Jadwiga of Poland, Jan Kropidło, Józef Kostecki, Jerzy Nos, Karaim language, Kęstutis, Kenesa, Khan (title), ... Expand index (75 more) »
- Burials at Vilnius Cathedral
- Grand Dukes of Lithuania
- Knights of the Dragon
- Lithuanian monarchy
- People from Vilnius County
- People in the Battle of Grunwald
- People of the Hussite Wars
- Pretenders to the Bohemian throne
Adam Mickiewicz
Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist.
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Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is a 2019 real-time strategy video game developed by Forgotten Empires and published by Xbox Game Studios.
See Vytautas and Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Algirdas
Algirdas (Alhierd; Olherd, Olgerd, Olgierd; – May 1377) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1345 to 1377. Vytautas and Algirdas are Gediminids, grand Dukes of Lithuania and Lithuanian monarchy.
Anna, Grand Duchess of Lithuania
Anna (Ona Vytautienė; died on 31 July 1418 in Trakai) was Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1392–1418). Vytautas and Anna, Grand Duchess of Lithuania are Burials at Vilnius Cathedral and Gediminids.
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Aukštaitija
Aukštaitija (literally Highland or Upland) is the name of one of five ethnographic regions of Lithuania. The name comes from the fact that the lands are in the upper basin of the Nemunas, as opposed to the Lowlands that begin from Šiauliai westward. Although Kaunas is surrounded by Aukštaitija, the city itself is not considered to be a part of any ethnographic region in most cases.
Švitrigaila
Švitrigaila (before 1370 – 10 February 1452; sometimes spelled Svidrigiello) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1430 to 1432. Vytautas and Švitrigaila are Burials at Vilnius Cathedral, Gediminids and grand Dukes of Lithuania.
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.
Battle of Grunwald
The Battle of Grunwald, Battle of Žalgiris, or First Battle of Tannenberg, was fought on 15 July 1410 during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War.
See Vytautas and Battle of Grunwald
Battle of the Vorskla River
The Battle of the Vorskla River was fought on August 12, 1399, between the Tatars of the Golden Horde, under Edigu and Temür Qutlugh, and the armies of Tokhtamysh and a large Crusader force led by Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania.
See Vytautas and Battle of the Vorskla River
Birutė
Birutė (died 1382) was the second wife of Kęstutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and mother of Vytautas the Great.
Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia.
Bychowiec Chronicle
The Bychowiec Chronicle (also spelled Bykhovets, Bykovets or Bychovec) is an anonymous 16th-century chronicle of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Cavalry
Historically, cavalry (from the French word cavalerie, itself derived from cheval meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback.
Childbirth
Childbirth, also known as labour, parturition and delivery, is the completion of pregnancy where one or more babies exits the internal environment of the mother via vaginal delivery or caesarean section.
Christians
A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Congress of Lutsk
The Congress of Lutsk was a diplomatic gathering held in Lubart's Castle in Lutsk, Grand Duchy of Lithuania over a 13-week period beginning on January 6, 1429.
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Council of Constance
The Council of Constance was an ecumenical council of the Catholic Church that was held from 1414 to 1418 in the Bishopric of Constance (Konstanz) in present-day Germany.
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Crimea
Crimea is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov.
Crimean Karaites
The Crimean Karaites or Krymkaraylar (Crimean Karaim: Кърымкъарайлар, Qrımqaraylar, singular къарай, qaray; Trakai dialect: karajlar, singular karaj; קראי מזרח אירופה; Qaraylar), also known as Karaims and Qarays, are an ethnicity of Turkic-speaking adherents of Karaite Judaism in Central and Eastern Europe, especially in the territory of the old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Crimea.
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Crimean Tatars
Crimean Tatars or Crimeans are a Turkic ethnic group and nation native to Crimea.
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Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.
Curia
Curia (curiae) in ancient Rome referred to one of the original groupings of the citizenry, eventually numbering 30, and later every Roman citizen was presumed to belong to one.
Delfi (web portal)
Delfi (occasionally capitalized as DELFI) is a news website in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania providing daily news, ranging from gardening to politics.
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Dubysa
The Dubysa, at 131 km, is the 15th longest river solely in Lithuania.
Duchy of Trakai
Duchy of Trakai was a subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania during the 14th and early 15th centuries.
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Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.
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Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition
The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is a 29-volume reference work, an edition of the real Encyclopædia Britannica.
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Family of Kęstutis
The family of Kęstutis (Kęstutaičiai), Grand Duke of Lithuania (1381–1382), is listed here. Vytautas and family of Kęstutis are Gediminids.
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Folk hero
A folk hero or national hero is a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness of a people, mentioned frequently in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore; and with modern trope status in literature, art and films.
Gediminas' Cap
Gediminas' Cap (Gedimino kepurė) was the most important regalia of the Lithuanian monarchs who ruled the Grand Duchy of Lithuania until the Union of Lublin in 1569. Vytautas and Gediminas' Cap are Lithuanian monarchy.
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Gediminids
The House of Gediminid or simply the Gediminids were a dynasty of monarchs in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that reigned from the 14th to the 16th century.
Goštautai
The Goštautai were one of the most influential Lithuanian magnate families of the 15th and early 16th centuries.
Golden Horde
The Golden Horde, self-designated as Ulug Ulus (in Kipchak Turkic), was originally a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire.
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign state in northeastern Europe that existed from the 13th century, succeeding the Kingdom of Lithuania, to the late 18th century, when the territory was suppressed during the 1795 partitions of Poland–Lithuania.
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Grodno
Grodno (Гродно; Grodno) or Hrodna (Гродна) is a city in western Belarus.
Henry of Masovia
Henry of Masovia (Henryk Mazowiecki) (1368/1370–1392/1393) was a noble and a bishop of the Kingdom of Poland.
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Henryk Łowmiański
Henryk Łowmiański (August 22, 1898 near Ukmergė - September 4, 1984 in Poznań) was a Polish historian and academic who was an authority on the early history of the Slavic and Baltic people.
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Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916), also known by the pseudonym Litwos, was an epic Polish writer.
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Hermann II, Count of Celje
Hermann II (Herman; early 1360s – 13 October 1435), Count of Celje, was a Styrian prince and magnate, most notable as the faithful supporter and father-in-law of the Hungarian king and Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg.
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Hussites
Catholic crusaders in the 15th century The Lands of the Bohemian Crown during the Hussite Wars. The movement began in Prague and quickly spread south and then through the rest of the Kingdom of Bohemia. Eventually, it expanded into the remaining domains of the Bohemian Crown as well. The Hussites (Czech: Husité or Kališníci, "Chalice People"; Latin: Hussitae) were a Czech proto-Protestant Christian movement that followed the teachings of reformer Jan Hus (fl.
Ivan Olshansky
Ivan Olshanski (Olshansky) (lit, Jonas Alšėniškis or, Iwan Olgimuntowicz Holszański, died in or after 1402) was a member of the Lithuanian princely Alšėniškiai (Holshansky) family.
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Jadwiga of Poland
Jadwiga (1373 or 137417 July 1399), also known as Hedwig (Hedvig), was the first woman to be crowned as monarch of the Kingdom of Poland.
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Jan Kropidło
Jan Kropidło (1360 or 1364 – 3 March 1421), was an ecclesiastic leader in Poland during the late Middle Ages.
Józef Kostecki
Józef Kostecki (1922 - 1980) was a Polish actor.
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Jerzy Nos
Jerzy Nos of Topór (Юрий Фёдорович Нос, Юрій Федорович Ніс) was a mediaeval Polish-Lithuanian nobleman.
Karaim language
The Karaim language (Crimean dialect: къарай тили, qaray tili; Trakai dialect: karaj tili), also known by its Hebrew name Lashon Kedar (Hebrew:, “language of the nomads") is a Turkic language belonging to the Kipchak group, with Hebrew influences, similarly to Yiddish or Judaeo-Spanish.
See Vytautas and Karaim language
Kęstutis
Kęstutis (Kinstut,; – 3 or 15 August 1382) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania. Vytautas and Kęstutis are Gediminids, grand Dukes of Lithuania and Lithuanian monarchy.
Kenesa
A kenesa (Karaim: כְּנִיסָא kǝnîsāʾ) is an Eastern European or Persian Karaite synagogue.
Khan (title)
Khan is a historic Mongolic and Turkic title originating among nomadic tribes in the Central and Eastern Eurasian Steppe to refer to a king.
Klaipėda
Klaipėda (Memel) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast.
Klaipėda Region
The Klaipėda Region (Klaipėdos kraštas) or Memel Territory (Memelland or Memelgebiet) was defined by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles in 1920 and refers to the northernmost part of the German province of East Prussia, when, as Memelland, it was put under the administration of the Entente's Council of Ambassadors.
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Knights of the Teutonic Order (film)
Knights of the Teutonic Order (Polish: Krzyżacy), also known as Knights of the Black Cross, is a 1960 Polish historical epic film adapted from a 1900 novel by Nobel laureate, Henryk Sienkiewicz.
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Konrad Wallenrod
Konrad Wallenrod is an 1828 narrative poem, in Polish, by Adam Mickiewicz, set in the 14th-century Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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Kreva Castle
Kreva Castle (Крэўскі замак, Krėvos pilis, zamek w Krewie) is the ruins of a major fortified residence of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania (Gediminas and Algirdas) in the village of Kreva, Belarus.
Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Latvia
Latvia (Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.
Lengvenis
Lengvenis (Simeon Lingwen, born ca. 1360 – died after 1431; Лугвен-Сымон, Łuhvien; Лугвений, Лугвен, Лугвень, Lugven(y), Lingwen Semen Olgierdowicz) was one of the sons of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and the ruler of Great Novgorod Republic (1389–1392, 1406–1411). Vytautas and Lengvenis are Gediminids and people in the Battle of Grunwald.
List of heads of state of Lithuania
The article is a list of heads of state of Lithuania over historical Lithuanian state.
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List of Lithuanian monarchs
The monarchy of Lithuania concerned the monarchical head of state of Lithuania, which was established as an absolute and hereditary monarchy.
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Lithuania
Lithuania (Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe.
Lithuania proper
Lithuania proper (Lithuania propria; Tikroji Lietuva, Didžioji Lietuva) refers to a region that existed within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania where the Lithuanian language was spoken.
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Lithuanian language
Lithuanian is an East Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family.
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Lithuanian name
A Lithuanian personal name, as in most European cultures, consists of two main elements: the given name (vardas) followed by the family name (pavardė).
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Lithuanian National Revival
The Lithuanian National Revival, alternatively the Lithuanian National Awakening or Lithuanian nationalism (Lietuvių tautinis atgimimas), was a period of the history of Lithuania in the 19th century, when a major part of Lithuanian-inhabited areas belonged to the Russian Empire (the Russian partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth).
See Vytautas and Lithuanian National Revival
Lithuanians
Lithuanians (lietuviai) are a Baltic ethnic group.
Livonian Brothers of the Sword
The Livonian Brothers of the Sword (Fratres militiæ Christi Livoniae, Schwertbrüderorden) was a Catholic military order established in 1202 during the Livonian Crusade by Albert, the third bishop of Riga (or possibly by Theoderich von Treydend).
See Vytautas and Livonian Brothers of the Sword
Lutsk
Lutsk (Луцьк,; see below for other names) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine.
Malbork
Malbork is a town in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
Millennium of Russia
The Millennium of Russia (Tysyacheletiye Rossii) is a bronze monument in the Novgorod Kremlin.
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Neman
The Neman, Niemen or Nemunas is a river in Europe that rises in central Belarus and flows through Lithuania then forms the northern border of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia's western exclave, which specifically follows its southern channel.
Nevėžis
The Nevėžis is the sixth longest river in Lithuania and one of the main tributaries of the Nemunas.
Order of Vytautas the Great
The Order of Vytautas the Great is the Lithuanian Presidential Award.
See Vytautas and Order of Vytautas the Great
Ostrów Agreement
The Ostrów or Astrava Agreement (Astravos sutartis, Востраўскае пагадненне, Ugoda w Ostrowie) was a treaty between Jogaila (Władysław II Jagiełło), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his cousin Vytautas the Great, signed on 4 August 1392.
See Vytautas and Ostrów Agreement
Pact of Vilnius and Radom
The Pact of Vilnius and Radom (Unia wileńsko-radomska, Vilniaus-Radomo sutartis) was a set of three acts passed in Vilnius, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and confirmed by the Crown Council in Radom, Kingdom of Poland in 1401.
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Peace of Raciążek
Peace of Raciążek was a treaty signed on 22 May 1404 between Kingdom of Poland, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Teutonic Knights, regarding the control of the Dobrzyń Land and Samogitia.
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Peace of Thorn (1411)
The (First) Peace of Thorn was a peace treaty formally ending the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War between allied Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania on one side, and the Teutonic Knights on the other.
See Vytautas and Peace of Thorn (1411)
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences or Polish Academy of Learning (Polska Akademia Umiejętności, PAU), headquartered in Kraków and founded in 1872, is one of two institutions in contemporary Poland having the nature of an academy of sciences (the other being the Polish Academy of Sciences, headquartered in Warsaw).
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Pope
The pope (papa, from lit) is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church.
Pope Boniface IX
Pope Boniface IX (Bonifatius IX; Bonifacio IX; c. 1350 – 1 October 1404, born Pietro Tomacelli) was head of the Catholic Church from 2 November 1389 to his death, in October 1404.
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Prince of Moscow
The Prince of Moscow (translit), later known as the Grand Prince of Moscow (label), was the title of the ruler of the Principality of Moscow, initially a part of the grand principality of Vladimir-Suzdal.
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Prussia
Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.
Pskov
Pskov (p; see also names in other languages) is a city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, located about east of the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River.
Radziwiłł family
The House of Radziwiłł (Radvila; Radzivił; Radziwill) is a Polish princely family of Lithuanian origin, and one of the most powerful magnate families originating from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later also prominent in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland.
See Vytautas and Radziwiłł family
Ruthenia
Ruthenia is an exonym, originally used in Medieval Latin, as one of several terms for Kievan Rus'.
Ruthenian language
Ruthenian (ру́скаꙗ мо́ва or ру́скїй ѧзы́къ; see also other names) is an exonymic linguonym for a closely related group of East Slavic linguistic varieties, particularly those spoken from the 15th to 18th centuries in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and in East Slavic regions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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Samogitia
Samogitia, often known by its Lithuanian name Žemaitija (Samogitian: Žemaitėjė; see below for alternative and historical names) is one of the five cultural regions of Lithuania and formerly one of the two core administrative divisions of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania alongside Lithuania proper.
Samogitian uprisings
Samogitian uprisings refer to two uprisings by the Samogitians against the Teutonic Knights in 1401–1404 and 1409.
See Vytautas and Samogitian uprisings
Samogitians
Samogitians (Samogitian: žemaitē, žemaičiai, žemaiši) are the inhabitants of Samogitia, an ethnographic region of Lithuania.
Senieji Trakai
Senieji Trakai (literally: Old Trakai, Stare Troki) is a historic Lithuanian village located east of Trakai.
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Senieji Trakai Castle
Senieji Trakai Castle was a castle in Senieji Trakai (literally: Old Trakai), Lithuania.
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Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in 1437. Vytautas and Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor are people of the Hussite Wars and Pretenders to the Bohemian throne.
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Skirgaila
Skirgaila (Schirgalo; Скіргайла; Skirgiełło, also known as Ivan/Iwan; ca. 1353 or 1354 – 11 January 1397 in Kiev (Kyiv); baptized 1383/1384 as Casimir) was a regent of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania for his brother Jogaila from 1386 to 1392. Vytautas and Skirgaila are Gediminids, grand Dukes of Lithuania and Lithuanian monarchy.
Skirsnemunė
Skirsnemunė is a town in Jurbarkas district municipality, Tauragė County, Lithuania.
Smolensk
Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow.
Sophia of Lithuania
Sophia Vitovtovna of Lithuania (Sofija Vytautaitė, Sofya Vitovtovna; 1371 – 1453) was the grand princess of Moscow as the wife of Vasily I from 1391 to 1425. Vytautas and Sophia of Lithuania are Gediminids.
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Szlachta
The szlachta (Polish:; Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and, as a social class, dominated those states by exercising political rights and power.
Tatars
The Tatars, in the Collins English Dictionary formerly also spelt Tartars, is an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name "Tatar" across Eastern Europe and Asia. Initially, the ethnonym Tatar possibly referred to the Tatar confederation. That confederation was eventually incorporated into the Mongol Empire when Genghis Khan unified the various steppe tribes.
Teutonic Order
The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem.
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The Corrections
The Corrections is a 2001 novel by American author Jonathan Franzen.
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Timur
Timur, also known as Tamerlane (8 April 133617–18 February 1405), was a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty. An undefeated commander, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest military leaders and tacticians in history, as well as one of the most brutal and deadly.
Tokhtamysh
Tokhtamysh (Turki/Kypchak and توقتمش; Тоқтамыс; translit; – 1406) was Khan (ruler) of the Golden Horde, who briefly succeeded in consolidating the Blue and White Hordes into a single polity.
Trakai
Trakai (see names section for alternative and historic names) is a city and lake resort in Lithuania.
Trakai Island Castle
Trakai Island Castle (Trakų salos pilis; Zamek w Trokach) is an island castle located in Trakai, Lithuania, on an island in Lake Galvė.
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Treaty of Dovydiškės
The Treaty of Dovydiškės (Dovydiškių sutartis; Vertrag von Daudisken), Daudiske, or Daudisken was a secret treaty signed on 31 May 1380 between Jogaila, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, and Winrich von Kniprode, the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.
See Vytautas and Treaty of Dovydiškės
Treaty of Dubysa
The Treaty of Dubysa or Treaty of Dubissa (Dubysos sutartys) consisted of three legal acts formulated on 31 October 1382 between Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania, with his brother Skirgaila and Konrad von Wallenrode, Marshal of the Teutonic Order.
See Vytautas and Treaty of Dubysa
Treaty of Königsberg (1390)
The Treaty of Königsberg was signed in Königsberg (Królewiec) on May 26, 1390 during the Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392) between Samogitian nobles and representatives of the Teutonic Knights.
See Vytautas and Treaty of Königsberg (1390)
Treaty of Melno
The Treaty of Melno (Melno taika; Pokój melneński) or Treaty of Lake Melno (Friede von Melnosee) was a peace treaty ending the Gollub War.
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Treaty of Salynas
The Treaty of Salynas (Frieden von Sallinwerder, Salyno sutartis) was a peace treaty signed on 12 October 1398 by Vytautas the Great, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, and Konrad von Jungingen, the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.
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Ugra (Oka)
The Ugra is a river in Smolensk and Kaluga Oblasts in Russia, left tributary of the Oka.
Uliana Olshanska
Princess Uliana Olshanska (Julianna Holszańska, Julijona Alšėniškė or Julijona Vytautienė; d. 1448) was a noblewoman from the Olshanski (Halshanski, Alšėniškiai) family, the second wife of Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania.
See Vytautas and Uliana Olshanska
Union of Horodło
The Union of Horodło or Pact of Horodło was a set of three acts signed in the town of Horodło on 2 October 1413.
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Union of Krewo
In a strict sense, the Union of Krewo or Act of Krėva (also spelled Union of Krevo, Act of Kreva; unia w Krewie; Krėvos sutartis.) comprised a set of prenuptial promises made at Kreva Castle on 14 August 1385 by Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania, in regard to his prospective marriage to the underage reigning Queen Jadwiga of Poland.
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Vasily I of Moscow
Vasily I Dmitriyevich (Василий I Дмитриевич; 30 December 137127 February 1425) was Grand Prince of Vladimir and Moscow from 1389.
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Vasily II of Moscow
Vasily II Vasilyevich (Василий II Васильевич; 10 March 141527 March 1462), nicknamed the Blind or the Dark (Тёмный), was Grand Prince of Moscow from 1425 until his death in 1462.
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Veliky Novgorod
Veliky Novgorod (lit), also known simply as Novgorod (Новгород), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
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Vilnius
Vilnius, previously known in English as Vilna, is the capital of and largest city in Lithuania and the second-most-populous city in the Baltic states.
Vilnius Cathedral
The Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus and St Ladislaus of Vilnius (also known as Vilnius Cathedral; Vilniaus Šv.; Bazylika archikatedralna św., historical: Kościół Katedralny św. Stanisława) is the main Catholic cathedral in Lithuania.
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Vilnius University
Vilnius University (Lithuanian: Vilniaus universitetas) is a public research university, which is the first and largest university in Lithuania, as well as one of the oldest and most prominent higher education institutions in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Vytautas
Vytautas (c. 135027 October 1430), also known as Vytautas the Great (Lithuanian:, Вітаўт, Vitaŭt, Witold Kiejstutowicz, Witold Aleksander or Witold Wielki, Вітовт (Vitovt), Ruthenian: Витовт (Vitovt), Latin: Alexander Vitoldus, Old German: Wythaws or Wythawt) from the late 14th century onwards, was a ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Vytautas and Vytautas are 1350 births, 1430 deaths, Burials at Vilnius Cathedral, Gediminids, grand Dukes of Lithuania, Knights of the Dragon, Lithuanian monarchy, people from Vilnius County, people in the Battle of Grunwald, people of the Hussite Wars and Pretenders to the Bohemian throne.
Vytautas Magnus University
Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) (Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas, VDU) is a public university in Kaunas, Lithuania.
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Władysław II Jagiełło
Jogaila (1 June 1434), later Władysław II Jagiełło,He is known under a number of names: Jogaila Algirdaitis; Władysław II Jagiełło; Jahajła (Ягайла). Vytautas and Władysław II Jagiełło are Gediminids, grand Dukes of Lithuania and people in the Battle of Grunwald.
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Yury of Smolensk
Yury Svyatoslavich or Georgy Svyatoslavovich (Юрий Святославович or Георгий Святославович) was the last sovereign ruler of the Principality of Smolensk and Bryansk (1386–95, 1401–04) whose life was spent in vain attempts to fend off aggression by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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Burials at Vilnius Cathedral
- Švitrigaila
- Albertas Goštautas
- Albertas Manvydas
- Alexander Jagiellon
- Anna, Grand Duchess of Lithuania
- Barbara Radziwiłł
- Elizabeth of Austria (1526–1545)
- Eustachy Wołłowicz
- Jan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz
- John of the Lithuanian Dukes
- Jurgis Gedgaudas
- Karigaila
- Michael Žygimantaitis
- Saint Casimir
- Sigismund Kęstutaitis
- Stanislovas Kęsgaila
- Vygantas
- Vytautas
- Walerian Protasewicz
- Władysław IV Vasa
Grand Dukes of Lithuania
- Švitrigaila
- Alexander Jagiellon
- Algirdas
- Anna Jagiellon
- Augustus II the Strong
- Augustus III of Poland
- Butigeidis
- Butvydas
- Casimir IV Jagiellon
- Coronations in Poland
- Daumantas of Lithuania
- Gediminas
- Henry III of France
- Jaunutis
- John II Casimir Vasa
- John III Sobieski
- Kęstutis
- Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
- Mindaugas
- Shvarn
- Sigismund I the Old
- Sigismund II Augustus
- Sigismund III Vasa
- Sigismund Kęstutaitis
- Skirgaila
- Stanisław August Poniatowski
- Stanisław Leszczyński
- Stephen Báthory
- Traidenis
- Treniota
- Vaišvilkas
- Vytautas
- Vytenis
- Władysław II Jagiełło
- Władysław IV Vasa
Knights of the Dragon
Lithuanian monarchy
- Algirdas
- Butigeidis
- Butvydas
- Gediminas
- Gediminas' Cap
- House of Mindaugas
- House of Urach
- Kęstutis
- Mindaugas
- Prince Inigo of Urach
- Skirgaila
- Vytautas
- Vytenis
- Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach
People from Vilnius County
- Antoni Szuniewicz
- Samuel Dickstein
- Vytautas
People in the Battle of Grunwald
- Albertas Manvydas
- Alexander the Good
- Dobiesław of Oleśnica
- Hajji Muhammad (Golden Horde)
- Hanek Chełmski
- Jalal al-Din Khan ibn Tokhtamysh
- Jan of Tarnów (1367–1433)
- Jan Žižka
- Janusz I the Old
- Karim Berdi
- Kebek (Golden Horde)
- Konrad VII the White
- Lengvenis
- Marcin of Wrocimowice
- Marquard von Salzbach
- Mikołaj Kurowski
- Mikołaj Trąba
- Mszczuj of Skrzynno
- Naiman-Beg
- Nicholas von Renys
- Przedpełko Kropidłowski
- Rumbaudas Valimantaitis
- Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia
- Siemowit V of Masovia
- Sigismund Kęstutaitis
- Spytek I of Jarosław
- Ulrich von Jungingen
- Vytautas
- Wojciech Jastrzębiec
- Władysław II Jagiełło
- Zawisza the Black
- Zbigniew Oleśnicki (cardinal)
- Zbigniew of Brzezie
- Zyndram of Maszkowice
People of the Hussite Wars
- Ambrož Hradecký
- Diviš Bořek of Miletínek
- Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
- Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
- Henry Beaufort
- Hynce Ptáček of Pirkštejn
- Hynek Krušina of Lichtenburg
- Jan Ptáček of Pirkštejn
- Jan Čapek of Sány
- Jan Želivský
- Jan Žižka
- John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt
- Mikuláš of Hus
- Peter Payne
- Pippo Spano
- Pope Martin V
- Prokop the Great
- Sigismund Korybut
- Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
- Sophia of Bavaria
- Spytko III of Melsztyn
- Vytautas
- Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia
- William Zajíc of Valdek and Židlochovice
- Władysław III of Poland
- Zbigniew Oleśnicki (cardinal)
- Čeněk of Wartenberg
Pretenders to the Bohemian throne
- Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia
- Charles I of Austria
- Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor
- Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Frederick V of the Palatinate
- Henry of Bohemia
- Matthias Corvinus
- Otto von Habsburg
- Sigismund Korybut
- Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
- Vytautas
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vytautas
Also known as Alexander Vytautas, Vitaut, Vitaut the Great, Vitautas, Vitaūt the Great, Vitaŭt, Vitaŭt Kiejstutavič, Vitold, Vitort, Vitovt, Vytautas Didysis, Vytautas of Lithuania, Vytautas the Great, Vytautas, Duke of Lithuania, Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Vytautas, Grand Prince of Lithuania, Vytautas, Great Prince of Lithuania, Vytautas, Prince of Lithuania, Withold of Lithuania, Witold Kiejstutowicz, Witold of Lithuania, Witold the Great, Witowt, Witowt of Lithuania.
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