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thumb|150px|Skirgaila, 16th century imaginative portrait thumb|150px|Trakai Island Castle. For ten years Skirgaila was Duke of Trakai. thumb|150px|Document with attached Seal of Skirgaila (18 June 1387) thumb|150px|Seal of Skirgaila, 1382

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Key facts

Royalty.name
Skirgaila
Royalty.image
Skirgajła. Скіргайла (A. Guagnini, 1578).jpg
Royalty.succession
Regent of Lithuania
Royalty.reign
1386–1392
Royalty.reign type
Regency
Royalty.regent
Władysław II Jagiełło
Royalty.reg type
Grand Duke
Royalty.successor
Vytautas
Royalty.birth_place
Vilnius, Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Royalty.death_place
Kiev, Principality of Kiev, Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Royalty.burial_place
Kiev Pechersk Lavra
Royalty.issue
A daughter
Royalty.father
Algirdas
Royalty.mother
Uliana of Tver
Royalty.religion
Lithuanian polyteism (until 1377)Orthodox Christianity (c. 1377–1397)
Royalty.succession2
Duke of Trakai
Royalty.reign2
1382–1392
Royalty.predecessor2
Kęstutis

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Vilnius
Place of death
Kyiv
Father
Algirdas
Occupation
aristocrat
Position held
Prince of Polotsk
Noble title
duke
Image
Skirgajła. Скіргайла (A. Guagnini, 1578).jpg
Number of children
0
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cause of death
poison
Commons category
Skirgaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania
date of death
1395-01-10
date of birth
1354-00-00
place of burial
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Biography
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

thumb|150px|Skirgaila, 16th century imaginative portrait thumb|150px|Trakai Island Castle. For ten years Skirgaila was Duke of Trakai. thumb|150px|Document with attached Seal of Skirgaila (18 June 1387) thumb|150px|Seal of Skirgaila, 1382

Skirgaila, also known as Ivan/Iwan ( or 1354 – 11 January 1397), 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.

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