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Petras Simonas Gedgaudas ( Polish: Piotr Senko Giedygołdowicz; died in 1451) was a Lithuanian noble and diplomat. He briefly was a regent of Polotsk (equivalent to the later Voivode of Polotsk) in 1440, regent of Smolensk ( Voivode of Smolensk) in 1447–1451, and castellan of Vilnius in 1451. [1]
Manvydas family. The Manvydai family ( Polish: Moniwid) was a small but influential 15th-century noble family in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Most prominent members of the family were brothers Albertas Manvydas and Jurgis Gedgaudas and their sons Jonas Manvydas and Petras Gedgaudas. The family used the Leliwa coat of arms that were received in ...
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Aug 23, 2023 · In 1457, a nobleman named Petras Gedgaudas built a church in Šiluva in honor of the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, bringing an icon from Rome for the church. It became a place of pilgrimage for many, with crowds of the faithful from all over the country and neighboring Prussia coming to celebrate the Nativity of Mary.
Brief Life History of Kazimieras. When Kazimieras Gedgaudas was born on 22 December 1864, in Skuodas, Klaipėda, Lithuania, his father, Petras Gedgaudas, was 30 and his mother, Agnietė Serapinaitė, was 28. He married Barbora Šleideryte on 28 January 1892, in Skuodas, Klaipėda, Lithuania. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters.
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The islands have an aggregate area of 244.97 km2 (94.58 sq mi) and a population of 1,116 on Isla María Madre as of the census of 2005 along with around 8,000 prisoners. The other islands are uninhabited. The main settlement is Puerto Balleto, with a population of 602. Isla María Madre is the largest of the islands, with an area of 145.28 km2 (56.09...
Research supports the hypothesis that the Islas Marias are fragments of continental crust left over from the separation of the Baja California Peninsula from the mainland of Mexico. Rocks found on the islands correspond with rocks found around Cabo San Lucas, as well as Puerto Vallarta. The Tres Marías Islands are a linear chain of continental shel...
Animal species endemic to the Islas Marías include the Tres Marías amazon, Tres Marias hummingbird and Tres Marias island mouse, in addition to the Tres Marias raccoon, a subspecies of the common raccoon.
All populated places of the Islas Marías are on Isla María Madre. They are listed from north to south in the following table: Each populated center features a different economic activity. The primary population center is Puerto Balleto, the location of the administrative offices and the primary centers of commerce and recreation. It is subdivided i...
The mean temperature of island remain between 84 and 89 degrees Fahrenheit throughout the year.In April, May, and June sometimes temperatures cross the limit of thirty-five degrees Celsius. In December, January, and February the temperatures remain under twenty-five degrees. Sometimes the temperature may drop under twenty degrees Celsius. Most of t...
Hurricane Willa passed through the Islas Marias on October 23, 2018. The National Hurricane Center reported at 9 AM MDT "Aircraft finds the core of Willa passing over Las Islas Marias Mexico". A subsequent report from the NHC stated that "Life-threatening storm surge is occurring along the coasts of the Isla Marias'.The NHC also reported that "An a...
There is a lighthouse located on a ridge above Puerto Balleto on Isla María Madre. The height of tower is two hundred feet or sixty-two meters. The lighthouse main gallery is painted white while the tower of the lighthouse is colored in red and white.The lighthouse is made of concrete and a large single story keeper house is also constructed with t...
The Islas Marías Federal Prison was constructed in 1905. One of its more notable prisoners was the Mexican progressive writer Jose Revueltas who wrote his first book Los Muros de Agua (The Walls of Water) while incarcerated there. President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obradorannounced on February 18, 2019, that his administration would close the ...
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14 a. antroje pusėje gyvenęs Gedgaudas buvo vieno žymiausių Lietuvos didžiųjų kunigaikščių Jogailos ir Vytauto laikų didikų Mingailos Mykolo tėvas. Žemaičių didikas Petras Gedgaudas 1441, po žemaičių sukilimo prieš Lietuvos didžiojo kunigaikščio valdžią, abiejų pusių sutarimu trumpai buvo Žemaitijos, 1446–53 ...
