Duchy of Trakai was a subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania during the 14th and early 15th centuries.[1] The Duke of Trakai was an important position held either by the Grand Duke of Lithuania himself or his second-in-command.[1]
^ abGudavičius, Edvardas. "Trakų kunigaikštystė". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2 November 2023.
DuchyofTrakai was a subdivision of the Grand Duchyof Lithuania during the 14th and early 15th centuries. The Duke ofTrakai was an important position...
capital of the Grand Duchyof Lithuania, and decided to build a castle in the location. This was how the Old Trakai Castle was built in Senieji Trakai. The...
trockie), was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchyof Lithuania from 1413 until 1795. Trakai Voivodeship together...
Vytautas the Great, who died in this castle in 1430. Trakai was one of the main centers of the Grand Duchyof Lithuania and the castle held great strategic importance...
certain that the DuchyofTrakai existed as the domain of Kęstutis at the beginning of his rule in 1337. It was a progenitor of the future Trakai Voivodeship...
campaign of the Crimean Peninsula in 1397, Vytautas brought the first Crimean Tatar prisoners of war to Trakai and various places in the DuchyofTrakai, including...
Grand Duchyof Lithuania. Voruta (Hypothetical) Kernavė Trakai Vilnius Lietuvos Brasta Minskas Mstislavlis Naugardukas Polockas Raseiniai Trakai Vilnius...
of Lithuania from Kernavė to Trakai (today's Senieji Trakai) and erected his brick castle. Senieji Trakai served as the capital of the Grand Duchyof...
centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county [which?]in the DuchyofTrakaiof the...
around the town of Grodno, part of the DuchyofTrakai, was transformed into newly established Trakai Voivodeship. Per the Union of Horodło, Grodno became...
for a job well done, Skirgaila received the DuchyofTrakai. When Jogaila was preparing for the Union of Kreva, Skirgaila was actively involved in the...
brought from Vytautas' homeland (the DuchyofTrakai), and with a horseman – from other areas of the Grand Duchyof Lithuania. Sigismund Korybut during...
except for Trakai. In 1385, Jogaila concluded the Union of Krewo with Poland, under which he married Jadwiga of Poland and became King of Poland as Władysław...
to Lithuania demanding the throne of the Grand Duke. Vytautas would be forced either to return to DuchyofTrakai or launch another civil war. The same...
half of Samogitia to the Teutonic Knights. Vytautas went to Prussia in seek of the support of the Knights for his claims, including the DuchyofTrakai, which...
Serving as the dean ofTrakai, the Grand Duchyof Lithuania, he participated in the Christianization of Samogitia and was a supporter of Vytautas' political...
Duke ofTrakai, it was an important defensive structure protecting Trakai and Vilnius, capital of the Grand Duchyof Lithuania, against attacks of the...
ruler of the Duchyof Vilnius (did not include DuchyofTrakai), which is known since the second quarter of the 14th century, also was the Grand Duke of Lithuania...
The Nobility of the Grand Duchyof Lithuania or Greater Lithuanian szlachta (Lithuanian: bajorija, šlėkta, Polish: szlachta Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego)...
Vytautas of the Grand Duchyof Lithuania relocated one branch of the Crimean Karaites to Lithuania ordering to build them a town, called today Trakai. There...
of the Grand Duke. This marked the rise of Lithuanian nobility. In 1413 the Lithuanians and the Poles signed the Union of Horodło; Vilnius and Trakai...
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