Vytautas the Great
E200403
Vytautas the Great was the Grand Duke of Lithuania (r. c. 1392–1430) who expanded the Grand Duchy to its greatest territorial extent and played a central role in Eastern European politics, including the Polish-Lithuanian union and conflicts with the Teutonic Order and the Golden Horde.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vytautas the Great canonical | 17 |
| Vytautas | 1 |
| Vytautas as Grand Duke of Lithuania under supremacy of the Polish king | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1737948 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Vytautas the Great Context triple: [Lutsk Conference of 1429, participant, Vytautas the Great]
-
A.
Jogaila
Jogaila, also known as Władysław II Jagiełło, was the Grand Duke of Lithuania who became King of Poland and co-founded the Polish–Lithuanian union that shaped Central and Eastern European politics in the late Middle Ages.
-
B.
King Casimir III the Great
King Casimir III the Great was a 14th-century King of Poland renowned for strengthening the Polish state through legal reforms, territorial expansion, and economic development.
-
C.
Grand Duke of Lithuania
The Grand Duke of Lithuania was the sovereign ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, later serving as one of the joint monarchical titles in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
-
D.
Danylo of Halych
Danylo of Halych was a 13th-century Ruthenian prince and later king who ruled the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia and played a key role in consolidating and defending the southwestern lands of Kievan Rus'.
-
E.
Sigismund I the Old
Sigismund I the Old was a 16th-century King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania whose long reign strengthened the Polish-Lithuanian state and fostered Renaissance culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Vytautas the Great Target entity description: Vytautas the Great was the Grand Duke of Lithuania (r. c. 1392–1430) who expanded the Grand Duchy to its greatest territorial extent and played a central role in Eastern European politics, including the Polish-Lithuanian union and conflicts with the Teutonic Order and the Golden Horde.
-
A.
Jogaila
Jogaila, also known as Władysław II Jagiełło, was the Grand Duke of Lithuania who became King of Poland and co-founded the Polish–Lithuanian union that shaped Central and Eastern European politics in the late Middle Ages.
-
B.
King Casimir III the Great
King Casimir III the Great was a 14th-century King of Poland renowned for strengthening the Polish state through legal reforms, territorial expansion, and economic development.
-
C.
Grand Duke of Lithuania
The Grand Duke of Lithuania was the sovereign ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, later serving as one of the joint monarchical titles in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
-
D.
Danylo of Halych
Danylo of Halych was a 13th-century Ruthenian prince and later king who ruled the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia and played a key role in consolidating and defending the southwestern lands of Kievan Rus'.
-
E.
Sigismund I the Old
Sigismund I the Old was a 16th-century King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania whose long reign strengthened the Polish-Lithuanian state and fostered Renaissance culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern European monarch
ⓘ
Grand Duke of Lithuania ⓘ human ⓘ medieval ruler ⓘ |
| aimedFor | coronation as King of Lithuania ⓘ |
| ally | Władysław II Jagiełło ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Grunwald
ⓘ
Battle of the Vorskla River ⓘ Lithuanian Civil War (1381–1384) ⓘ Lithuanian Civil War (1381–1384) ⓘ
surface form:
Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392)
|
| birthDate | c. 1350 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus and St Ladislaus of Vilnius ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Vytautas Magnus University
ⓘ
monuments in Kaunas and other Lithuanian cities ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Golden Horde
ⓘ
Muscovy ⓘ Teutonic Order ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ |
| cousin | Jogaila ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1430-10-27 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Lithuanians ⓘ |
| father | Kęstutis ⓘ |
| givenName |
Vytautas the Great
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Vytautas
|
| honorific | the Great ⓘ |
| influenced | development of the Polish–Lithuanian union ⓘ |
| legacy | considered a national hero of Lithuania ⓘ |
| mother | Birutė ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Gediminid dynasty ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
central figure in Eastern European politics in late 14th and early 15th centuries
ⓘ
co-led victory at the Battle of Grunwald ⓘ defeated the Teutonic Order at the Battle of Grunwald ⓘ led Grand Duchy of Lithuania to its greatest territorial extent ⓘ organized campaign against the Golden Horde culminating in the Battle of the Vorskla River ⓘ played key role in Polish–Lithuanian union ⓘ |
| notableWork | expansion of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Trakai ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Trakai ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Grand Duke of Lithuania ⓘ |
| predecessor | Jogaila ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1430 ⓘ |
| reignStart | c. 1392 ⓘ |
| relative | Jogaila ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
Roman Catholicism ⓘ paganism ⓘ |
| signed |
Union of Horodło
ⓘ
Union of Vilnius and Radom ⓘ |
| spouse |
Anna of Smolensk
ⓘ
Juliana Olshanska ⓘ |
| successor | Švitrigaila ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Vytautas the Great Description of subject: Vytautas the Great was the Grand Duke of Lithuania (r. c. 1392–1430) who expanded the Grand Duchy to its greatest territorial extent and played a central role in Eastern European politics, including the Polish-Lithuanian union and conflicts with the Teutonic Order and the Golden Horde.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.