Rymgajla

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Rymgajla (also Rimgaila, Ringaila, Lithuanian: Rimgailė, Polish: Ryngałła), baptised Elisabeth,[citation needed] was daughter of Kęstutis of Lithuania and Birutė, and thus sister of Vytautas the Great. Rimgailė is a typical dual-stemmed pagan Lithuanian name constructed from rim- (rimti - "be calm") + gail- (*gailas - "strong"), which is quite common in Lithuania at present.[1]

By marriage with Henry of Masovia, she was Princess of Masovia for about one year, until the death of her husband (winter of 1392-1393).[2] Jan Dlugosz in his chronicles wrote that to marry her Henry resigned from the title of Bishop of Plock. She was among the suspects in death of Henry.

Her second marriage (1419-1421) was with Alexander the Good, Voivode of Moldavia 1400 - 1432. Upon the politically-motivated divorce she was given land with 40 villages. Also, as part of the divorce settlement Alexander the Good promised to pay her lifetime income worth 600 Hungarian gold ducats or florins payable in two installments.[3]

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  1. ^ (Lithuanian) Meaning of the name
  2. ^ Gudavičius, Edvardas (1999). Lietuvos istorija. Nuo seniausių laikų iki 1569 metų, p.173. ISBN 9986-39-112-1.
  3. ^ Octavian Iliescu, "The History of Coins in Romania", Editura Encyclopedica, Bucharest, 2002
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