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Birutė (died 1382) was the second wife of Kęstutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and mother of Vytautas the Great. There is very little known about Birutė's life, but after her death a cult worshiping her developed among Lithuanians , especially in Samogitia .
Birutė (m. 1382 m. Brasta, Lietuva) – Lietuvos didžiojo kunigaikščio Kęstučio antroji žmona, žymiausio Lietuvos valdovo Vytauto motina. Birutė yra kilusi iš Palangos, iš žemaičių bajorų giminės. Jos dėdė iš tėvo pusės buvo žemaičių didžiūnas Vidmantas.
Meaning & History. Possibly from Lithuanian birti meaning "to scatter, to pour out" combined with a diminutive suffix. This name was borne by the mother of the 15th-century Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania.
Birutė. Although Birutė is an important historical figure, much of what is being said about her youth is legendary. It is believed that like the vestal virgins of ancient Rome, she had dedicated herself to the preservation of the eternal flame at a pagan sanctuary on a hill near today's resort town of Palanga on the Baltic Sea eastern shore.
Legenda apie Kęstučio ir Birutės vedybas – vienas lietuvių istorinių pasakojimų, patekusių į Lietuvos metraščius. Pagal metraščio pasakojimą, Birutė buvusi vaidilutė. Jos gyvenimo motyvais S. T. Valiūnasprieš 1824 parašė siužetinę istorinę dainą Birutė(išspausdinta 1828), kuri virto liaudies daina.
May 20, 2020 · Dr. Galdikas has been fighting to save the orangutans of Borneo and Indonesia for the past 50 years. In 1971, aided by grant support from noted Kenyan anthropologist Louis Leakey, she traveled to what is now the Tanjung Puting National Park area, and set up camp to study orangutans in their natural habitat.
Birutė is a two-act opera composed by Mikas Petrauskas based on the play by Gabrielius Landsbergis-Žemkalnis. It was first performed on 6 November 1906 in Vilnius and became the first Lithuanian national opera.
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