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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.
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Liubartas. Dynasty. Gediminids. Father. Butvydas. Gediminas ( Latin: Gedeminne, [1] Gedeminnus; [2] c. 1275 – December 1341) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1315 or 1316 [3] [4] until his death in 1341. [5] [6] He is considered the founder of Lithuania 's capital Vilnius (see: Iron Wolf legend ). [6]
- 1316–1341
- Butvydas
- Gediminids
- Vida, Jaunė
May 23, 2022 · Born: ca 1296. Died: end of May 1377 in Maišiagala (?) Reign: 1316 - 1377, 1345 - 1377 as Grand Duke of Lithuania. Consort: 1. Maria of Vitebsk; 2. Juliana / Uliana of Tver. Allegedly baptized as Dmitry (according to the monument record in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra), late in life accepted the monastic name Alexius (or Aleksander).
- "Algirdas-"Olgos džiaugsmas""
- Lithuania
- February 11, 1296
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.
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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.
