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From: David Zincavage <>
Subject: Re: Vytautas, the Great
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 08:08:24 -0800
References: <F35MbIQj4XwBivKRTqo0000d8e6@hotmail.com>


Yes, I do believe that the descendants of Sophia of Anhalt-Zerbst were, in
fact, illegitimatre.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel MacGregor" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 7:15 AM
Subject: Re: Vytautas, the Great


> You take Catherine the so-vcalled Great's rather clumsy lie about the
> fatherhood of Tsar Paul to be factual?
>
> Daniel MacGregor
>
> >From: David Zincavage <>
> >To:
> >Subject: Re: Vytautas, the Great
> >Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 08:04:42 -0800
> >
> >The Grand Dukedom of Lithuania was an elective office, unlike that of
> >Muscovy which was merely usurpative. No member of the Solytkov family
was
> >ever elected King of Poland or Grand Duke of Lithuania by the nobility of
> >those lands.
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Clarenceux" <>
> >To: <>
> >Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 4:38 AM
> >Subject: Re: Vytautas, the Great
> >
> >
> > > > Vytautas Didysis (Vytautas the Great) has no children;
> > > > There can't be "grand duke of Lithuania" now, last king of Poland
> > > > and Grand duke of Lithuania was Poniatovski;
> > > > last lithuanian (from Gediminas family) Grand duke of Lithuania
> > > > and king of Poland was Zygimantas Augustas, his wife was Barbora
> > > Radvilaite.
> > > >
> > > > Marius Kaubrys
> > >
> > > Let me not agree with this. Actually, the last Grand Duke of Lithuania
> >(de
> > > facto) was the late His Imperial Majesty Nicholas II, Emperor and
> >Autocrat
> > > of All Russias. Heirs of the Russian Imperial house (HIH Grand Duchess
> >Maria
> > > of All Russias) rightfully bear this title that has passed to her from
> >her
> > > ancestors and which she holds de jure.
> > >
> > > George Romanenkov
> > >
> > >
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