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thumb|St. Thomas' Church in Prague, the burial place of Butautas Butautas (baptized Henryk; died on May 7, 1380, in Prague) was a son of Kęstutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania. He attempted to depose his uncle Algirdas and usurp power in Lithuania, but failed and was forced into exile. He joined the court of the Holy Roman Emperor and even inspired a poem about conversion to Christianity. Butautas is sometimes confused with his brother Vaidotas.

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  • Coup and escape to Teutonic Knights
  • Life at emperor's court
  • Family
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thumb|St. Thomas' Church in Prague, the burial place of Butautas Butautas (baptized Henryk; died on May 7, 1380, in Prague) was a son of Kęstutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania. He attempted to depose his uncle Algirdas and usurp power in Lithuania, but failed and was forced into exile. He joined the court of the Holy Roman Emperor and even inspired a poem about conversion to Christianity. Butautas is sometimes confused with his brother Vaidotas.

Butautas' son Jonas Vaidutis in 1401 became the Rector of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

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