House
Gediminids
Royal dynasty of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Also called Dinastia de Gediminas
Overview
Royal dynasty of the Grand Duchy of LithuaniaWikidata record description. Read Gediminids in the Wikipedia reader.
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The house, member by member
One family drawn as a tree, then every member, oldest first where a date is recorded.
9 children in the house
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Andrei of Polotsk c. 1325 CE – 1399 CE -
Demetrius I Starshy 1327 CE – 1399 CE -
Kaributas 1350 CE – after 1404 CE -
Karigaila 1350 CE – 1390 CE -
Skirgaila 1354 CE – 1395 CE -
Lengvenis 1356 CE – 1431 CE -
Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 CE – 1434 CE -
Alexandra of Lithuania between 1368 and 1370 CE – 1434 CE -
Švitrigaila / Svidrigiello c. 1370 CE – 1452 CE
Every member
People whose own records place them in this house.
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Simeon Olelkovichbefore 1420 CE – 3 December 1470 CE · prince of Kiev -
Gediminasc. 1275 CE – December 1341 CE · Grand Duke of Lithuania (1316-1341) -
Algirdas1296 CE – 24 May 1377 CE · Child of Gediminas -
Kęstutis1297 CE – 15 August 1382 CE · Child of Gediminas
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Andrei of Polotskc. 1325 CE – 12 August 1399 CE · Child of Algirdas -
Demetrius I Starshy1327 CE – 12 August 1399 CE · Child of Algirdas -
Vytautasc. 1350 CE – 27 October 1430 CE · Child of Kęstutis -
Kaributas1350 CE – after 1404 CE · Child of Algirdas -
Karigaila1350 CE – 16 September 1390 CE · Child of Algirdas -
Skirgaila1354 CE – 10 January 1395 CE · Child of Algirdas -
Lengvenis1356 CE – 19 June 1431 CE · Child of Algirdas -
Władysław II Jagiełło1362 CE – 1 June 1434 CE · Child of Algirdas -
Sigismund Kęstutaitisc. 1365 CE – 20 March 1440 CE · Child of Kęstutis -
Alexandra of Lithuaniabetween 1368 and 1370 CE – 20 April 1434 CE · Child of Algirdas -
Švitrigaila / Svidrigielloc. 1370 CE – 10 February 1452 CE · Child of Algirdas -
Sophia of Lithuania1371 CE – 15 June 1453 CE · Child of Vytautas
Offices held in the house
The members in each office, in order — a selection from the office’s whole line.
Grand Duke of Lithuania
- 5 holders
- 2 gaps
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1345 CE – 1377 CE Algirdas Grand Duke of Lithuania (1345–1377) -
Gap about 4 years before the next in this house
1381 CE – 1382 CE Kęstutis Grand Duke of Lithuania (1381–1382)
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Gap about 10 years before the next in this house
4 August 1392 CE – 27 October 1430 CE Vytautas Grand Duke of Lithuania -
1430 CE – 1432 CE Švitrigaila / Svidrigiello Grand Duke of Lituania -
1432 CE – 1440 CE Sigismund Kęstutaitis Lithuanian noble (1365–1440)
Prince of Chernigov
- 3 holders
- 3 undated
No dates recorded 3
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Dates unrecorded Švitrigaila / Svidrigiello Grand Duke of Lituania -
Dates unrecorded Kaributas son of the Grand Duke of Lithuania -
Dates unrecorded Demetrius I Starshy Belarusian noble
Prince of Polotsk
- 3 holders
- 1 overlap
- 1 undated
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from 1379 CE Lengvenis Lithuanian noble -
Overlap held at the same time as Lengvenis
from 1387 CE Skirgaila Grand Duke of Lithuania
No dates recorded 1
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Dates unrecorded Andrei of Polotsk Eldest son Algirdas, Duke of Pskov and Polotsk
Prince of Novgorod-Seversk
- 2 holders
- 1 gap
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until 1393 CE Kaributas son of the Grand Duke of Lithuania -
Gap about 26 years before the next in this house
1419 CE – 1430 CE Švitrigaila / Svidrigiello Grand Duke of Lituania
Affiliation
From the members’ own records, not the people the house ruled.
Affiliations recorded on members
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paganism 4 members -
Eastern Orthodoxy 2 members -
Christianity 2 members -
Catholicism 2 members -
Lithuanian mythology 1 member
An affiliation recorded by a third party, often for one period of a life. It is not the religion of anyone this house ruled.
Connections
Affiliation 2
Transmission 1
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