Duchy of Trakai Trakų Kunigaikštystė (Lithuanian) | |||||||||
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Duchy of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania | |||||||||
1345–1413 | |||||||||
Trakai Voivodeship (in red) in the 17th century | |||||||||
Capital | Senieji Trakai, later Trakai | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established by Kęstutis | 1345 | ||||||||
1413 | |||||||||
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Duchy of Trakai (Lithuanian: Trakų Kunigaikštystė) was a subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania during the 14th and early 15th centuries.[1] The Duke of Trakai was an important position held either by the Grand Duke of Lithuania himself or his second-in-command.[1]