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Kęstutis (Senieji Trakai, tra 1297 e 1300 – Krėva, 15 agosto 1382) fu granduca di Lituania dal 1381, anno in cui spodestò suo nipote Jogaila, al 1382, anno in cui fu a sua volta destituito da Jogaila.
Kęstutis (Latin: Kinstut, Lithuanian pronunciation: [kæːsˈtutɪs]; c. 1297 – 3 or 15 August 1382) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania. 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).
Kęstutis was the grand duke of Lithuania (1381–82) who defended his country’s western borders against the Teutonic Knights. Kęstutis was one of the seven sons of Gediminas, the grand duke of Lithuania (reigned 1316–41), who had built that nation into a powerful east European empire.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
DAL VOCABOLARIO. LEMMI CORRELATI. Principe di Lituania (1297-1382), figlio di Gedimino. Quando questi (1341) divise il principato fra i sette figli, K., insieme al fratello Algirdas, sottrasse agli altri fratelli ogni autorità effettiva, mantenendo l'unità della Grande Lituania.
La famiglia di Kęstutis, granduca di Lituania (1381-1382), è elencata in questa pagina. Kęstutis amministrò il Granducato al fianco di suo fratello Algirdas dal 1345 al 1377.
Kęstutis tvirtai ir nuosekliai gynė to meto Lietuvos vakarines žemes, stiprino valstybės vientisumą ir nepriklausomybę. Metraštininkų (netgi priešo šalies) teigimu, buvo narsus ir talentingas karvedys, taurus, humaniškas.
Thus in the summer of 1382 ended the life of Kęstutis, a valiant defender of Lithuania, respected even by his enemies for his bravery and chivalry in warfare. Kęstutis was 85 years old. ( Click here to read more history.) about Grand Duke Kęstutis of Lithuania.
