Skirgaila

Skirgaila
Grand Duke of Lithuania
Reign1386 – 1392
PredecessorJogaila
SuccessorVytautas
RegentWładysław II Jagiełło
Duke of Trakai
Reign1382 – 1392
PredecessorKęstutis
SuccessorVytautas
Prince of Kiev
Reign1395 – 1397
PredecessorVladimir Olgerdovich
SuccessorIvan Olshansky
Born~1354
Vilnius, Grand Duchy of Lithuania
DiedJanuary 8, 1397(1397-01-08) (aged 42–43)
Kyiv, Principality of Kiev, Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Burial
LatinSchirgalo
BelarusianСкіргайла Альгердавіч
PolishSkirgiełło
DynastyGediminid
FatherAlgirdas
MotherUliana of Tver
Skirgaila, 16th century imaginative portrait
Trakai Island Castle. For ten years Skirgaila was Duke of Trakai.
Document with attached Seal of Skirgaila (18 June 1387)
Seal of Skirgaila, 1382

Skirgaila (Latin: Schirgalo;[1] Belarusian: Скіргайла; Polish: Skirgiełło, also known as Ivan/Iwan; ca. 1353 or 1354 – 11 January 1397 in Kiev (Kyiv); baptized 1383/1384 as Casimir) was a regent of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania for his brother Jogaila from 1386 to 1392. He was the son of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his second wife Uliana of Tver.

  1. ^ Johannes Voigt (1853). Codex diplomaticus prussicus: Urkunden-Sammlung zur ältern Geschichte Preussens aus dem Königl. Geheimen Archiv zu Königsberg, nebst Regesten. Bornträger. p. 68.