Vytautas the Great

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Eastern European monarch Grand Duke of Lithuania human medieval ruler

Vytautas the Great was the Grand Duke of Lithuania (r. c. 1392–1430) who expanded the Grand Duchy to its greatest territorial extent and played a central role in Eastern European politics, including the Polish-Lithuanian union and conflicts with the Teutonic Order and the Golden Horde.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Vytautas the Great canonical	17
Vytautas	1
Vytautas as Grand Duke of Lithuania under supremacy of the Polish king	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eastern European monarch ⓘ Grand Duke of Lithuania ⓘ human ⓘ medieval ruler ⓘ
aimedFor	coronation as King of Lithuania ⓘ
ally	Władysław II Jagiełło ⓘ
battle	Battle of Grunwald ⓘ Battle of the Vorskla River ⓘ Lithuanian Civil War (1381–1384) ⓘ Lithuanian Civil War (1381–1384) ⓘ surface form: Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392)
birthDate	c. 1350 ⓘ
burialPlace	Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus and St Ladislaus of Vilnius ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Vytautas Magnus University ⓘ monuments in Kaunas and other Lithuanian cities ⓘ
conflictWith	Golden Horde ⓘ Muscovy ⓘ Teutonic Order ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
cousin	Jogaila ⓘ
deathDate	1430-10-27 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Lithuanians ⓘ
father	Kęstutis ⓘ
givenName	Vytautas the Great self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vytautas
honorific	the Great ⓘ
influenced	development of the Polish–Lithuanian union ⓘ
legacy	considered a national hero of Lithuania ⓘ
mother	Birutė ⓘ
nobleFamily	Gediminid dynasty ⓘ
notableAchievement	central figure in Eastern European politics in late 14th and early 15th centuries ⓘ co-led victory at the Battle of Grunwald ⓘ defeated the Teutonic Order at the Battle of Grunwald ⓘ led Grand Duchy of Lithuania to its greatest territorial extent ⓘ organized campaign against the Golden Horde culminating in the Battle of the Vorskla River ⓘ played key role in Polish–Lithuanian union ⓘ
notableWork	expansion of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Trakai ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Trakai ⓘ
positionHeld	Grand Duke of Lithuania ⓘ
predecessor	Jogaila ⓘ
reignEnd	1430 ⓘ
reignStart	c. 1392 ⓘ
relative	Jogaila ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy Roman Catholicism ⓘ paganism ⓘ
signed	Union of Horodło ⓘ Union of Vilnius and Radom ⓘ
spouse	Anna of Smolensk ⓘ Juliana Olshanska ⓘ
successor	Švitrigaila ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lutsk Conference of 1429 (Congress of Monarchs) → participant → Vytautas the Great ⓘ

subject surface form: Lutsk Conference of 1429

Grand Duchy of Lithuania → notableRuler → Vytautas the Great ⓘ

Vytautas Magnus University → namedAfter → Vytautas the Great ⓘ

Battle of Grunwald → commander → Vytautas the Great ⓘ

Grand Duke of Lithuania → titleHolder → Vytautas the Great ⓘ

Grand Duke of Lithuania → notableHolder → Vytautas the Great ⓘ

Congress of Monarchs → organizedBy → Vytautas the Great ⓘ

Congress of Monarchs → hostedBy → Vytautas the Great ⓘ

Congress of Monarchs → attendee → Vytautas the Great ⓘ

Teutonic–Polish–Lithuanian conflicts → involvedRuler → Vytautas the Great ⓘ

Jogaila → successorAsGrandDukeOfLithuania → Vytautas the Great ⓘ

Vytautas the Great → givenName → Vytautas the Great self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vytautas

Union of Horodło → signedBy → Vytautas the Great ⓘ

Union of Horodło → coRuledBy → Vytautas the Great ⓘ

Union of Horodło → recognizedTitleOf → Vytautas the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vytautas as Grand Duke of Lithuania under supremacy of the Polish king

Christianization of Lithuania → mainProponent → Vytautas the Great ⓘ

Vasili I of Moscow → sonInLawOf → Vytautas the Great ⓘ

VDU → namedAfter → Vytautas the Great ⓘ

subject surface form: Vytautas Magnus University

Vytauto prospektas → namedAfter → Vytautas the Great ⓘ