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The family of Gediminas is a group of family members of Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania (ca. 1275–1341), who interacted in the 14th century. The family included the siblings, children, and grandchildren of the Grand Duke and played the pivotal role in the history of Lithuania for the period as the Lithuanian nobility had not yet acquired ...
Gediminas (Latin: Gedeminne, [1] Gedeminnus; [2] c. 1275 – December 1341) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1315 or 1316 [3][4] until his death in 1341. [5][6] He is considered the founder of Lithuania 's capital Vilnius (see: Iron Wolf legend). [6]
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Apr 29, 2022 · Gediminas (ca. 1275 – winter 1341) was the monarch of medieval Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the title didysis kunigaikštis (Belarusian: вялікі князь) which would be literally translated as Grand Duke, but more correctly High King according to the contemporary perception.
The House of Gediminid (Lithuanian: Gediminaičių dinastija), or simply the Gediminids, [a] were a dynasty of monarchs in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that reigned from the 14th to the 16th century. [1] A cadet branch of this family, known as the Jagiellonian dynasty, reigned also in the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Hungary and Kingdom of ...
The family of Gediminas is a group of family members of Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, who interacted in the 14th century. The family included the siblings, children, and grandchildren of the Grand Duke and played the pivotal role in the history of Lithuania for the period as the Lithuanian nobility had not yet acquired its influence.
Grand Duke Gediminas of Lithuania was born in 1275, in Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania as the son of Butvydas Grand Duke of Lithuania. He had at least 10 sons and 7 daughters with Jewna. He died in December 1341, in Tauragė, Lithuania, at the age of 66, and was buried in Lithuania.
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Family. After the death of Grand Duke Vytenis in 1316, his brother Gediminas rose to power as the new ruler of Lithuania. Gediminas was the son of Duke Pukuveras-Butvydas of Kernavė and was born around 1275.
