Vytautas The Great

• Died Oct. 27, 1430, Trakai, Lithuania.
Lithuanian national leader who consolidated his country's possessions, helped to build up national consciousness, and broke the power of the Teutonic Knights. He exercised great power over Poland.
• Lithuanian national leader who consolidated his country's possessions, helped to build up national consciousness, and broke the power of the Teutonic Knights. He exercised great power over Poland.
Vytautas was the son of Kestutis, who for years had waged a struggle with his brother Algirdas for control of Lithuania.
• Vytautas was the son of Kestutis, who for years had waged a struggle with his brother Algirdas for control of Lithuania.
The conflict between the two branches of the family continued into the next generation, as Vytautas vied with Algirdas' son Jogaila.
• The conflict between the two branches of the family continued into the next generation, as Vytautas vied with Algirdas' son Jogaila.
Both Vytautas and his father were captured by Jogaila in 1382 and Kestutis was murdered while a prisoner.
• Both Vytautas and his father were captured by Jogaila in 1382 and Kestutis was murdered while a prisoner.
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Vytautas, however, escaped and two years later was able to make peace with Jogaila, who returned to Vytautas the family lands seized earlier. In an effort to consolidate his position and widen his power, Jogaila married the 12-year-old Polish queen Jadwiga and was crowned king of Poland in Kraków on Feb. 15, 1386, as Wladyslaw II Jagiello.
• Vytautas, however, escaped and two years later was able to make peace with Jogaila, who returned to Vytautas the family lands seized earlier. In an effort to consolidate his position and widen his power, Jogaila married the 12-year-old Polish queen Jadwiga and was crowned king of Poland in Kraków on Feb. 15, 1386, as Wladyslaw II Jagiello.
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Vytautas then waged an intermittent struggle for power with...

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