Which ruler led Lithuania at its greatest extent, reaching from the Baltic to the Black Sea, in the early fifteenth century?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Vytautas the Great
- Step 1: The Grand Duchy was large in the fifteenth century. Step 2. Under Vytautas, who died in 1430, it stretched from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea. Answer: Vytautas the Great. Why not the others: Mindaugas ruled in the thirteenth century, and Algirdas and KÄstutis in the fourteenth.
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