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Andrei of Polotsk ( Belarusian: Андрэй Альгердавіч; Lithuanian: Andrius Algirdaitis; Polish: Andrzej Olgierdowic; c. 1325 – 12 August 1399) was the eldest son of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his first wife Maria of Vitebsk. He was the Prince of Pskov (through his deputy Yuri, 1342–1348) and Polotsk (1342–1387). [1]
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May 7, 2022 · 1325. Death: August 12, 1399 (73-74) Vorskla River, Vorskla River battle ground, modern Kremenchuk district, modern Ukraine, Golden Horde (Killed in battle of the Vorskla River) Immediate Family: Son of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Maria of Vitebsk. Husband of NN duchess of Polotsk. Father of Onufri Fiodor Połubiński, Grand Duke of ...
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However, Andrei surrenders his right to rule Polotsk to the Livonian Knights in order that he be protected from his enemies and rule as a vassal on a feudal estate. 1387: Jagiello of Poland and Lithuania attacks Polotsk and the Livonian Knights do not protect it, virtually gifting it to its attackers. The personal union between the grand duke ...
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Andrei of Polotsk (Belarusian language: Андрэй Альгердавіч, Lithuanian language: Andrius Algirdaitis , born ca. 1325 – died on 12 August 1399 in the Battle of the Vorskla River) was the eldest son of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his first wife Maria of Vitebsk.
Andrei of Polotsk (, , ca. 1325 – 12 August 1399, in the Battle of the Vorskla River) was the eldest son of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his first wife Maria of Vitebsk. He was the Prince of Pskov (through his deputy Yuri, 1342–1348) and Polotsk (1342–1387). [1]
The period from the 30s to the 80s of the 14th century was the era of frequent wars with neighbors for Polotsk. Its rulers repeatedly changed. Andrei was a prince of Polotsk for three times – from 1342 to 1377, from 1381 to 1387 and from 1393 until his death in the battle of the Vorskla River in 1399.
Rogvold, a non- Rurikid Varangian, was the first Prince of Polotsk. When Vladimir the Great returned from exile in Scandinavia in 980 to try to claim the Kievan throne that his brother, Yaropolk, held, he sought an alliance with Rogvolod through a marriage with his daughter, Rogneda. When she refused, calling Vladimir the "son of a slave," he ...
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