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This ruler, who adopted his grandfather’s namesake columns and cap as insignia, commissioned chronicles about Prince Palemon in Chancery Slavonic. This ruler failed to besiege a capital city with Henry Bolingbroke and the crusader who inspired “Wallenrodism” (10[1])during a civil war that destroyed Kernavė. To defend sacred groves, this ruler expelled Jerome of Prague. This ruler settled Karaites in Lutsk, confirmed Ulugh Muhammad’s rule in Kazan, and welcomed the Lipka Tatars after he (10[1])allied with Tokhtamysh to secure (-5[1])Ruthenia. (-5[1])This junior partner in the Ostrów (“AW-stroof”) Agreement sent his nephew Prince Korybut to rule the Hussites. This heirless duke of Trakai stoked the Samogitian uprisings that led to the Peace of Thorn. This Gediminid (10[1])secured his cousin Jogaila’s (10[2])1410 (10[1])victory (10[1])over the Teutonic (-5[1])Knights at Grunwald. For 10 points, name this “great” grand duke of (10[1])Lithuania. (10[1]-5[1])■END■ (10[6]0[9])

ANSWER: Vytautas [or Witold, Vitovt, Vitaŭt, Wythaws, Wythawt, Vytautas the Great, Witold Kiejstutowicz, Witold Aleksander, Alexander Vitoldus, or Wattad; prompt on Alexander] (The Seal of Vytautas features Gediminas’s cap.)
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Jason HongBrownMcGill3610
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Allan LeeStanfordNorthwestern77-5
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Raymond WangCornell AToronto B11210
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Dean Ah NowClaremont CollegesColumbia A11610
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Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYUJohns Hopkins121-5
Joel MilesMinnesota AChicago C13310
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Jonathan ShaufNorth Carolina AVirginia13410
Neal JoshiWUSTL BYale A1350
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Andrew HannaPennMaryland1350
Robert FreemanSouth CarolinaChicago A1350
Jonathan LauJohns HopkinsNYU13510
Caleb KendrickMarylandPenn13510
Nicholas TunksMinnesota BDuke1350
Sarod NoriCornell BTexas13510
Andrew SalijNorthwesternStanford13510
Jeffrey FungHarvardRutgers13510
Quynh PhungPurdueTruman State1350
Matt JacksonChicago ASouth Carolina13510
Ben SterlingYale BVanderbilt1350
Simon GorbatyDukeMinnesota B1350
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