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The coat of arms of Lithuania is a mounted armoured knight holding a sword and shield, known as Vytis (pronounced). Since the early 15th century, it has been Lithuania's official coat of arms and is one of the oldest European coats of arms.
- First documented in 1366., Current version official since 1991.
- see below
- Gules, an armoured knight armed cap-à-pie mounted on a horse salient holding in his dexter hand a sword Argent above his head. A shield Azure hangs on the sinister shoulder charged with a double cross (Cross of Lorraine) Or. The horse saddles, straps, and belts Azure. The hilt of the sword and the fastening of the sheath, the stirrups, the curb bits of the bridle, the horseshoes, as well as the decoration of the harness, all Or.
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Vytenis (Belarusian: Віцень, romanized: Vicień; Polish: Witenes) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from c. 1295 to c. 1316. He became the first of the Gediminid dynasty to rule for a considerable amount of time.
Vytenis was Pukuveras-Butvydas' eldest son. Vytenis distinguished himself as a very able military leader in campaigns against both Prussian and Livonian branches of the Teutonic Knights and in reclaiming Gardinas, Naugardukas, Slanim, and Volkovisk regions previously captured by Volhynia.
Gediminas (born c. 1275—died 1341) was the grand duke of Lithuania, the strongest contemporary ruler of eastern Europe. Gediminas succeeded his brother Vytenis (Witen) in 1316 and started the Gediminian dynasty, which included his grandson Jagiełło, later Władysław II of Poland.
Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis (born 9 August 1951) is WHO Special Envoy for the European region, the former European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, a heart surgeon, a co-signatory to the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
