Švitrigaila

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Švitrigaila was a 15th-century Lithuanian prince of the Gediminid dynasty who briefly ruled as Grand Duke of Lithuania amid intense dynastic and political struggles.

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Švitrigaila canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Grand Duke of Lithuania ⓘ
Lithuanian prince ⓘ
human ⓘ
member of the Gediminid dynasty ⓘ
alliedWith Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg ⓘ
Teutonic Order ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Swidrigailo ⓘ
Švitrigaila Algirdaitis ⓘ
burialPlace Lutsk ⓘ
conflict civil war against Sigismund Kęstutaitis ⓘ
power struggle with Jogaila and Vytautas ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1370 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 10 February 1452 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Lithuanians ⓘ
father Algirdas ⓘ
givenName Švitrigaila ⓘ
historicalEra Late Middle Ages ⓘ
languageOfUse Lithuanian ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
Ruthenian ⓘ
linked to: Rusyn language
mother Uliana of Tver ⓘ
nobleFamily Gediminids ⓘ
linked to: Gediminid dynasty
notableEvent continued rule over parts of Ruthenian lands after 1432 ⓘ
deposition as Grand Duke of Lithuania in 1432 ⓘ
notableFor opposition to the Polish–Lithuanian union in its contemporary form ⓘ
struggle for the throne of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
opposedBy Lithuanian nobles supporting Sigismund Kęstutaitis ⓘ
Polish Crown ⓘ
participatedIn Lithuanian Civil War (1432–1438) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
placeOfDeath Lutsk ⓘ
positionHeld Grand Duke of Lithuania ⓘ
Prince of Podolia ⓘ
Prince of Vitebsk ⓘ
Prince of Volhynia ⓘ
predecessor Vytautas the Great ⓘ
reignEnd 1432 ⓘ
reignStart 1430 ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
ruledTerritory eastern and southern lands of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
sibling Jogaila ⓘ
Skirgaila ⓘ
Vytautas the Great ⓘ
successor Sigismund Kęstutaitis ⓘ

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Vytautas the Great → successor → Švitrigaila ⓘ
Švitrigaila → givenName → Švitrigaila ⓘ