- Karigaila
Karigaila ( _pl. Korygiełło, died on
September 16 1390 inVilnius )lt icon cite encyclopedia | editor=Vytautas Spečiūnas | encyclopedia=Lietuvos valdovai (XIII-XVIII a.): enciklopedinis žinynas | title=Karigaila | year=2004 | publisher=Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas | location=Vilnius | isbn=5-420-01535-8 | pages=58] was one of the sons ofAlgirdas ,Grand Duke of Lithuania , and his second wifeUliana of Tver . He ruledMstsislaw after it was captured from thePrincipality of Smolensk . He is sometimes mistaken with his brother Constantine, who gave rise to theHouse of Czartoryski . [cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge | first=George |last=Ripley |coauthors=Charles Anderson Dana | title=Chartoryski |volume=V |location=New York |publisher=D. Appleton and Company |year=1874| pages=623 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=nZ0UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA623 ] After his older brotherJogaila signed theUnion of Krewo , Karigaila was baptized as Casimir inKraków in March 1386. He then hurried from Poland to easternGrand Duchy of Lithuania to subdue his half-brotherAndrei of Polotsk , who renewed his struggle for power against Jogaila. OnApril 18 1386 he and his other brother soundly defeatedSviatoslav of Smolensk , who allied himself with Andrei and attacked Mstsislaw, in the Battle of the Vekhra River. During theLithuanian Civil War (1389–1392) Karigaila commanded defense of the Crooked Castle in Vilnius. The castle fell and he was killed. Later Jogaila complained that Karigaila was taken captive and brutally executed by theTeutonic Knights ; the Knights denied and claimed that Karigaila was killed in the fight and they only found his body. [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=200] Karigaila is buried atVilnius Cathedral . [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=2008-07-08]ee also
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House of Algirdas – family tree of KarigailaReferences
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