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Also known as Ivan Jewnuta, Jewnuta, Jawnuta

Jaunutis (; ; ; Christian name: Ioann; also John or Ivan; – after 1366) was Grand Duke of Lithuania after his father Gediminas died in 1341 until he was deposed by his elder brothers Algirdas and Kęstutis in 1345.

Key facts

Royalty.death_date
after 1366
Royalty.house
Gediminid
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Jaŭnut. Яўнут (A. Tarasievič, 1675).jpg
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Depiction of Jaunutis by Alaksandar Tarasievič (1675)
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Grand Duke of Lithuania
Royalty.reign
1341–1345
Royalty.predecessor
Gediminas
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Algirdas
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Duke of Zaslawye
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1350–1366
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Algirdas
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Michael of Zaslawye
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Jaunutis

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Succession
  • Rule
  • Later life
  • See also
  • References

Jaunutis (; ; ; Christian name: Ioann; also John or Ivan; – after 1366) was Grand Duke of Lithuania after his father Gediminas died in 1341 until he was deposed by his elder brothers Algirdas and Kęstutis in 1345.

==Succession== According to Polish historian Jan Tęgowski, he was probably born between 1306 and 1309.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jaunutis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.