Švitrigaila
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Švitrigaila was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1430 to 1432. He spent most of his life in largely unsuccessful dynastic struggles against his cousins Vytautas and Sigismund Kęstutaitis.
Švitrigaila by Alexander Guagnini, 1581
Coat of arms with Pogonia of Švitrigaila, circa 1440, who at the time ruled Ruthenian territories
Algirdas
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Algirdas was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1345 to 1377. With the help of his brother Kęstutis, he created an empire stretching from the present Baltic states to the Black Sea and to within 80 kilometr
Švitrigaila
…He spent most of his life in largely unsuccessful dynastic struggles against his cousins Vytautas and Sigismund Kęstutaitis. Švitrigaila was born to Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his second wife, Uliana of Tver. His date of birth is unknown, but it is believed that he was the youngest or second…
Fragment from medal by Juozas Kalinauskas
Drawing of Grand Duke Algirdas's seal from the 1366 treaty
Algirdas with Gediminas' Cap, painted in 1578
Algirdas (left) on the Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod