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Algirdas
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Algirdas ( – May 1377) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1345 to 1377. With the help of his brother Kęstutis (who defended the western border of the Duchy), he created an empire stretching from the present Baltic states to the Black Sea and to within of Moscow.
Key facts
- Royalty.succession
- Grand Duke of Lithuania
- Royalty.image
- Algirdas kunigaikštis.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Fragment from medal by Juozas Kalinauskas
- Royalty.reign
- 1345–1377
- Royalty.predecessor
- Jaunutis
- Royalty.successor
- Jogaila
- Royalty.regent
- Kęstutis
- Royalty.reg type
- Co-ruler
- Royalty.succession1
- Duke of Zaslawye
- Royalty.reign1
- c. 1320–1345
- Royalty.successor1
- Jaunutis
- Royalty.succession2
- Duke of Vitebsk
- Royalty.reign2
- 1318–1377
- Royalty.predecessor2
- Vasilko Briachislavich
- Royalty.successor2
- Uliana Alexandrovna of Tver
- Royalty.death_date
- Late May 1377
- Royalty.death_place
- possibly Maišiagala
- Royalty.issue link
- Issue
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Olgierd
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Place of death
- Vilnius
- Father
- Gediminas
- Mother
- Jewna
- Sibling
- Elizabeth Giedyminowicz
- Position held
- Grand Duke of Lithuania
- Languages spoken
- Ruthenian
- Native language
- Ruthenian
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Family
- Gediminids
- Noble title
- Grand Duke of Lithuania
- Image
- Algirdas kunigaikštis.jpg
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- Commons category
- Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania
- date of death
- 1377-00-00
- date of birth
- 1296-01-01
- owner of
- Vitebsk
- P8168
- bantamweight
via Wikidata · CC0
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3 mapped locations