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Gediminas
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Gediminas ( – December 1341) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1315 or 1316 until his death in 1341. Gediminas is traditionally considered to have been the founder of Vilnius, the capital city of Lithuania (see: Iron Wolf legend). During his reign, he brought under his rule lands streching from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea. The Gediminids dynasty he founded and which is named after him came to rule over Poland, Hungary and Bohemia.
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Gediminas was a male aristocrat and politician who served as the Grand Duke of Lithuania. Born in Vilnius in 1275, he was a member of the Gediminids family and the son of Butvydas. He spoke Lithuanian and Ruthenian. Gediminas was married to Jewna, and they had four children: Aldona of Lithuania, Algirdas, Augusta Anastasia of Lithuania, and Manvydas. His siblings included Fiodor of Kyiv, Vytenis, and Vainius.
He died on December 1, 1341, in Veliuona and was buried in Vilnius. Gediminas is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the 11th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 12
Top works
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Lithuania
- Active from
- 1961-04-26
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 57
- Total plays
- 140
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- Conformal monolayer contacts with lossless interfaces for perovskite single junction and monolithic tandem solar cells
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Key facts
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- Grand Duke of Lithuania
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- Giedzimin. Гедзімін (A. Guagnini, 1578).jpg
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- Engraving from the "Description of Sarmatian Europe" by Alexander Guagnini, 1578.
- Royalty.reign
- 1316–1341
- Royalty.predecessor
- Vytenis
- Royalty.successor
- Jaunutis
- Royalty.dynasty
- Gediminids
- Royalty.father
- Butvydas
- Royalty.spouse
- VidaJaunė
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- Issue
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- Royalty.death_place
- Raudonė, Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Royalty.burial_place
- Veliuona, Lithuania
- Royalty.religion
- Lithuanian polytheism
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Biography
- Origin
- Choice of religion
- Incorporation of Ruthenian lands
- Domestic affairs and death
- Legacy
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Gediminas ( – December 1341) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1315 or 1316 until his death in 1341. Gediminas is traditionally considered to have been the founder of Vilnius, the capital city of Lithuania (see: Iron Wolf legend). During his reign, he brought under his rule lands streching from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea. The Gediminids dynasty he founded and which is named after him came to rule over Poland, Hungary and Bohemia.
==Biography==
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