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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). [1]
House of Golitsyn. The House of Gediminid 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 Bohemia. [2]
Sigismund Kęstutaitis' Lithuanian and Samogitian army supported by Masurians from Drahichyn (estimated to total about 20,000) attacked Švitrigaila's Lithuanian and Russian troops supported by Tatars, led by Khan Sayid Ahmad I. Švitrigaila's Livonian Order allies did not arrive in time for the battle. The battle lasted from morning until evening.
Sigismund Kęstutaitis approfittò della riorganizzazione dell'esercito avversario, separato da un ruscello, per attaccare. L'esercito di Švitrigaila era diviso a metà: la prima a cadere fu la bandiera del maresciallo livoniano Werner von Nesselrode. Nel panico che ne seguì, l'esercito di Švitrigaila fu sonoramente sconfitto.
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.
Sigismund Kęstutaitis (litauisch Žygimantas Kęstutaitis, polnisch Zygmunt Kejstutowicz) (* um 1365; † 20. März 1440 in Trakai) war Fürst von Mosyr (1385–1401), Nowogrodek (1401–1406), Starodub (1406–1432) und Großfürst von Litauen (1432–1440).
20 ago 2022 · The Battle of Wiłkomierz took place on September 1, 1435, near Ukmergė in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. With the help of military units from the Kingdom of Poland, the forces of Grand Duke Sigismund Kęstutaitis soundly defeated Švitrigaila and his Livonian allies.
