- Vygantas
Vygantas (baptized Alexander; Polish: "Wigunt", died on
June 28 1392 ) was Duke ofKernavė . He was one of the sons ofAlgirdas ,Grand Duke of Lithuania (1345–1377), and his second wifeUliana Alexandrovna of Tver . Vygantas should not be confused with his brotherAndrei of Polotsk , who is sometimes called Wigunt–Andrei following confused 15th century chronicles ofJan Długosz .lt icon cite encyclopedia | last=Jonynas | first=Ignas | editor=Vaclovas Biržiška | encyclopedia=Lietuviškoji enciklopedija | title=Andrius | year=1933–1944 | publisher=Spaudos Fondas | volume=I | location=Kaunas | pages=575–585] Kazimierz Stadnicki in his work "Bracia Władysława-Jagiełły Olgierdowicza" (published in 1867) suggested that Vygantas and his elder brother Theodore were the same person, but this theory was rejected. [lt icon cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia=Lietuvių enciklopedija | title=aaaa |first=Konstantinas |last=Avižonis | location=Boston, Massachusetts | publisher=Lietuvių enciklopedijos leidykla |year=1953–1966 |volume=XXXIV |pages=167 |id=LCC|55020366 ] In 1385 Vygantas supported his older brotherJogaila by signing theUnion of Krewo . In 1386 he was baptized as "Alexander" and married a daughter ofWładysław Opolczyk .lt icon cite encyclopedia | first=Edvardas | last=Gudavičius | authorlink=Edvardas Gudavičius | editor=Vytautas Spečiūnas | encyclopedia=Lietuvos valdovai (XIII-XVIII a.): enciklopedinis žinynas | title=Vygantas | year=2004 | publisher=Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas | location=Vilnius | isbn=5-420-01535-8 | pages=55] Polish nobles expected that Władysław would grant Vygantas theDobrzyń Land , contested territory between Poland and theTeutonic Knights , as his dowry. [cite book| title=Samogitian Crusade |first=William |last=Urban |publisher=Lithuanian Research and Studies Center |location=Chicago |year=2006 | isbn=0-929700-56-2 |pages=206] Vygantas receivedKuyavia from Jogaila instead. In 1388 he supported Poland in an armed conflict with the Teutonic Knights. He also supported Jogaila in theLithuanian Civil War (1389–1392) againstVytautas the Great . Vygantas was considered as a replacement for unpopularSkirgaila as Grand Duke of Lithuania. However, he soon died. The rumors had it that he was poisoned – either by Vytautas or Skirgaila. [cite book| title=Samogitian Crusade |first=William |last=Urban |publisher=Lithuanian Research and Studies Center |location=Chicago |year=2006 | isbn=0-929700-56-2 |pages=203] He is buried inVilnius Cathedral together with his brotherKarigaila , who died in the civil war in 1390. [lt icon cite web| url=http://www.vilniauspilys.lt/arkikatedra2 |title=Arkikatedra Bazilika |publisher= The Directorate of the State Cultural Reserve of Vilnius Castles |accessdate=2008-07-02]ee also
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House of Algirdas – family tree of VygantasReferences
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