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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.
Key facts
- Royalty.succession
- Grand Duke of Lithuania
- Royalty.image
- Giedzimin. Гедзімін (A. Guagnini, 1578).jpg
- Royalty.caption
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Place of birth
- Vilnius
- Place of death
- Veliuona
- Father
- Butvydas
- Sibling
- Vainius
- Occupation
- aristocrat
- Languages spoken
- Ruthenian
- Family
- Gediminids
- Noble title
- Grand Duke of Lithuania
- Field of work
- politics
- Image
- Gediminas 1581 (118503418).jpg
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- Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania
- date of birth
- 1275-00-00
- date of death
- 1341-01-01
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- Category:Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania
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- Gediminas
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P6482
- Gediminas
- place of burial
- Vilnius
- P8168
- Argenton
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Biography
- Origin
- Choice of religion
- Incorporation of Ruthenian lands
- Domestic affairs and death
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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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