Gediminids
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The House of Gediminas (), or simply the Gediminids, were a dynasty of monarchs in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that reigned from the 14th to the 16th century. A cadet branch of this family, known as the Jagiellonian dynasty, reigned also in the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Hungary and Kingdom of Bohemia. Several other branches ranked among the leading aristocratic dynasties of Poland and Russia into recent times.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- noble family
- Part of
- Jagiellonian dynasty
- Has part
- Jagiellonian dynasty
- Country
- Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Founded by
- Gediminas
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- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- topic's main category
- Category:Gediminids
- Commons category
- Gediminid dynasty
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Origin
- Confirmed Gediminid rulers
- Branches of the dynasty
- Gediminid descendants
- Family tree
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The House of Gediminas (), or simply the Gediminids, were a dynasty of monarchs in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that reigned from the 14th to the 16th century. A cadet branch of this family, known as the Jagiellonian dynasty, reigned also in the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Hungary and Kingdom of Bohemia. Several other branches ranked among the leading aristocratic dynasties of Poland and Russia into recent times.
Gediminas' Cap was used during the inaugurations of Gediminids as Lithuanian monarchs in the Vilnius Cathedral and symbolized the dynasty's continuity.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gediminids” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.