Traidenis
Sign in to saveTraidenis (died 1282) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1269 or 1270 until 1282. He is the second most prominent grand duke of Lithuania in the 13th century after Mindaugas. His reign ended a seven-year unrest period after King Mindaugas was assassinated in 1263 and firmly established Lithuania as a pagan state for another hundred years.
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- Imaginative depiction of Traidenis by Alexander Guagnini, 16th-century
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- Grand Duke of Lithuania
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- 1269–1282
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- Shvarn
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- Daumantas
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- Duke of Kernavė
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- until 1269
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- Spring 1282Kernavė
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- Anna of Mazovia
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- Gaudemunda of Lithuania
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- Mindaugas
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- Lithuanian polytheism
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- Traidenis
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- Lithuanian Grand Duke Traidenis.JPG
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- Trajdzień.Трайдзень (A. Guagnini, 1578).jpg
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- 1300-00-00
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- 1282-01-01
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Traidenis (died 1282) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1269 or 1270 until 1282. He is the second most prominent grand duke of Lithuania in the 13th century after Mindaugas. His reign ended a seven-year unrest period after King Mindaugas was assassinated in 1263 and firmly established Lithuania as a pagan state for another hundred years.
Traidenis expanded the Grand Duchy into the territories of Sudovians and Semigalians and strengthened its presence in Black Ruthenia. Unlike Mindaugas, Traidenis did not concentrate on expansion into the east.