Family
Born in 1350 in the castle of present-day Senieji Trakai, Vytautas was the son of Kęstutis and his second wife Birutė. Vytautas was a cousin and childhood friend of Jogaila (Władysław II Jagiełło), who became King of Poland in 1386. Around 1370, he married Anna, who gave birth to Sophia of Lithuania, the only child of Vytautas. She was married to Vasily I, Grand Prince of Moscow. After Anna's death in 1414, Vytautas married her niece Juliana Olshanska, daughter of Ivan Olshanski.
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