Švitrigaila

Švitrigaila
Švitrigaila by Alexander Guagnini, 1581
Grand Duke of Lithuania
ReignOctober 1430 – 31 August 1432
PredecessorVytautas and Jogaila
SuccessorJogaila and Sigismund Kęstutaitis
WithJogaila (co-ruler; later in opposition)
Grand Duke of Ruthenia
Reign1432–1440
PredecessorVytautas
SuccessorCasimir IV
Prince of Volhynia
Reign1434–1452
PredecessorTeodoras
SuccessorSimonas
BornMid 1370s (possibly 1373)
Vilnius, Grand Duchy of Lithuania
DiedFebruary 10,1452
Lutsk, Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Burial
SpouseElena Yurievna of Smolensk & Anna Ivanovna of Tver
IssueSon (died young)
DynastyGediminid
FatherAlgirdas
MotherUliana of Tver
Religion

Švitrigaila (before 1370 – 10 February 1452) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1430 to 1432. He spent most of his life in largely unsuccessful dynastic struggles against his cousins Vytautas and Sigismund Kęstutaitis.