Lengvenis
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Life
Lengvenis was born to Algirdas and his second wife Uliana of Tver.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". In 1387, Lengvenis commanded one of Lithuanian formations in a battle with the Teutonic Order.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Invited by the Novgorodians themselves, Lengvenis was first regent in Great Novgorod in 1389–1392, responsible to Jogaila, the Grand Duke of Lithuania.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He was baptized in the Eastern Orthodox rite as Semën and received the title of Prince of Great Novgorod.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[1] After Lengvenis lost this title in 1392, Vytautas the Great appointed him in 1393 as the Prince of Mstislavl in then eastern Lithuania.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". In 1406–1411, Lengvenis, once again, was regent of Great Novgorod, this time responsible to Vytautas.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". As ruler of Novgorod he led battles against Pskov Republic, Livonian Order, and Sweden.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
In 1410, Lengvenis participated in the Battle of Grunwald. He led his own "banner", and a certain Georgy- the next banner in the famous list of chronicler Jan Długosz. Often this George is considered the son of Lengvenis, Yury. Many historiansScript error: No such module "Unsubst". believe that under the command of Lengvenis there were three banners of Smolensk land, which played a significant role in the battle.[2] In 1411 Lengvenis participated in the signing of the Peace of Thorn.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He was married to Maria Dmitrovna, princess of Moscow, the daughter of Dmitry Donskoy.
In 1380, he founded the Monastery of the Dormition in Pustynki near Mstsislaw in then eastern Lithuania, now Belarus.[3]
See also
- House of Algirdas – family tree of Lengvenis
Notes
References
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Sources
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- Jučas, Mečislovas (1990). Žalgirio mūšis (Battle of Grunwald). Vilnius: Mokslas, 174. Template:ISBN. Template:In lang