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Person Info

• Name: Gediminas Grand Duke Of Lithuania
• Sex: M
• Birth: Abt 1275 ^b
• Death: Abt 1341 in Valiona ^d


Parents:

• Father:
  
• Pukuveras Grand Duke Of Lithuania Birth: Abt 1230 Death: 1292

Family:
Marriage:

• Wida on 1 .^m1
  
• Wida

Marriage:

• Olga Wsewolodowna Of Smolensk on Abt 1280 .^m2
  
• Olga Wsewolodowna Of Smolensk Birth: Abt 1260 Death: Abt 1297

Children:

1. Kiejstut Grand Prince Of Lithuania Death: 15 Aug 1382
2. Algirdas/Olgierd Grand Duke Of Lithuania Birth: Abt 1296 Death: May 1377

Marriage:

• Jewna Iwanowna Of Poland on 3 .^m3
  
• Jewna Iwanowna Of Poland Death: 1344

Children:

1. Anna Of Lithuania Birth: Abt 1309 Death: 26 May 1339
2. Elzbieta Of Litauen Birth: 1364 Death: 1364

Bibliography

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:

abt 1275 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-186],

father:

[Ref: Tapsell Dynasties p270, Thompson CharlesII v22-104]

Sources for death Information

date:

1341 [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p76, Tapsell Dynasties p270]

1341/42 [Ref: ES II #124]

winter 1341/2 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-186],

place:

[Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-186]

Sources with Information about marriage to Wida

date:

first marriage of Gedymin [Ref: ES II #124]

Sources with Information about marriage to Olga Wsewolodowna Of Smolensk

date:

abt 1280, as second marriage of Gedymin [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-186]

second marriage of Gedymin [Ref: ES II #124],

names:

[Ref: Paget HRHCharles p76],

child:

[Ref: ES II #124, Thompson CharlesII v11-186]

Sources with Inaccurate marriage information

child:

Anna (#23643), wife of Casimir III King of Poland [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p76]

Sources with Information about marriage to Jewna Iwanowna Of Poland

date:

third marriage of Gedymin [Ref: ES II #124],

child:

[Ref: ES II #124]

Research Notes:
Grand Prince of Lithuania [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-186]
Grand Duke of Lithuania [Ref: Tapsell Dynasties p270]
Duke of Lithuania [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p76]

1316: Grand Prince of Lithuania [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-186]

1316-41: Grand Duke of Lithuania [Ref: Tapsell Dynasties p270]

patient and intelligent ruler, he completed the unification of the Lithuanian tribes [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-186]

defended against the Teutonic Order [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-186]

gained sovereignty over western Russia [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-186]

encouraged settlement by farmers and craftsmen [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-186]

used his potential baptism as a bargaining point in correspondence with the Church, but died a pagan [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-186]



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