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Algirdas was one of the seven sons of Grand Duke Gediminas. Before his death in 1341, Gediminas divided his domain, leaving his youngest son Jaunutis in possession of the capital, Vilnius. With the aid of his brother, Kęstutis, Algirdas drove out the incompetent Jaunutis and declared himself Grand Duke in 1345.
Algirdas (born c. 1296—died 1377) was the grand duke of Lithuania from 1345 to 1377, who made Lithuania one of the largest European states of his day. His son Jogaila became Władysław II Jagiełło, king of united Poland and Lithuania. Algirdas was one of the sons of the country’s ruler, Gediminas, and he began his long political career ...
Algirdas ( 1296 m. vasario 11 d. – 1377 m. gegužės 24 d.) – Lietuvos didysis kunigaikštis ( 1345 - 1377 m.), Vitebsko kunigaikštis (apie 1318- 1345 ). Gedimino sūnus. Buvo du kartus vedęs, turėjo kelias dukteris ir sūnus, iš kurių žinomiausi yra Jogaila, Skirgaila ir Švitrigaila . Prieš tapdamas LDK kunigaikščiu Algirdas ...
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2014 sculpture by Sergey Bondarenko. Algirdas was the son of Grand Duke Gediminas of Lithuania and his second wife Olga, the daughter of Prince Vsevolod of Smolensk. He was born in 1296 in Kernavė. In 1318 Algirdas married Maria, the daughter of Prince Yaroslav Vasilkovich of Vitebsk, who had no sons and received his new son-in-law in Vitebsk.
Algirdas ( Belarusian: Альгерд, romanized: Alhierd; Ukrainian: Ольгерд, Ольґерд, romanized: Olherd, Olgerd, Polish: Olgierd; c. 1296 – May 1377) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1345 to 1377. With the help of his brother Kęstutis (who defended the western border of the Duchy) he created an empire stretching from the ...
Jun 29, 2010 · June 29, 2010. Algirdas Brazauskas, a former Communist bureaucrat who helped steer his native Lithuania through tempestuous political straits to independence from the Soviet Union and then became ...
Algirdas is the 1,164th most popular politician (up from 1,369th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 12th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Lithuanian Politician. Algirdas was a Lithuanian ruler. He is most famous for his victory over the Teutonic Knights in the Battle of Grunwald in 1410.
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