Rymgajla
Rymgajla (also known as Rimgaila, Ringaila , Lithuanian : Rimgailė , Polish : Ryngałła , Romanian : Ringala ), * between 1367 and 1369; † between 1423 and 1430, was the youngest daughter of Birutė and Kęstutis , the Lithuanian Grand Duke and thus a sister of Vytautas the Great . Rimgailė is a typical double- stemmed pagan-Lithuanian name derived from rim - (rimti - "be quiet") + gail - (gailas - "strong"); a combination that is quite common in today's Lithuania .
By marrying Heinrich of Mazovia , she was Princess of Mazovia for about a year until her husband's death in the winter of 1392-1393 . Jan Długosz wrote in his chronicles that Heinrich resigned his office as Bishop of Płock in order to marry her. She was one of the suspects of his death.
Her second marriage (1419–1421) she concluded with Alexander the Good , a voivode of Moldova (1400–1432). As compensation for the politically motivated divorce, she was given ownership of the town of Siret and 40 villages. In addition, as part of the divorce settlement, Alexander promised to pay her lifelong alimony worth 600 Hungarian gold ducats or florins in two installments.
literature
- Jan Tęgowski: Ryngałła Anna, Pierwsze pokolenia Giedyminowiczów . Poznan - Breslau 1999. Pages 228-231. ISBN 8391356310 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Meaning of the name (Lithuanian).
- ^ Edvardas Gudavičius (1999). Lietuvos istorija. Nuo seniausių laikų iki 1569 metų, page 173. ISBN 9986-39-112-1 .
- ↑ Octavian Iliescu : "The History of Coins in Romania" . Editura Encyclopedica. Bucharest. 2002.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rymgajla |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rimgaila; Ringaila |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | The youngest daughter of Birutė and Kęstutis, the Grand Duke of Lithuania |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1367 and 1369 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1421 |