Gediminas

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Gediminas was a 14th-century Grand Duke who greatly expanded the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and laid the foundations for its rise as a major European power.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Gediminas canonical 12
Grand Duke Gediminas of Lithuania 2
Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Grand Duke of Lithuania ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
medieval ruler ⓘ
associatedWith Vilnius ⓘ
capital Vilnius ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 14th century ⓘ
child Aldona of Lithuania ⓘ
Algirdas ⓘ
Euphemia of Lithuania ⓘ
linked to: Euphemia of Rügen

Jaunutis ⓘ
Karijotas ⓘ
Kęstutis ⓘ
Liubartas ⓘ
Manvydas ⓘ
linked to: Narimantas

Narimantas ⓘ
conflict wars against the Livonian Order ⓘ
wars against the Teutonic Knights ⓘ
countryRuled Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
creditedWith development of Vilnius as a political center ⓘ
deathDate 1341 ⓘ
deathPlace Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
dynasty Gediminid dynasty ⓘ
expandedInto Ruthenian lands ⓘ
linked to: Ruthenia

territories of present-day Belarus ⓘ
territories of present-day Russia ⓘ
territories of present-day Ukraine ⓘ
founded Gediminid dynasty ⓘ
givenName Gediminas ⓘ
knownFor expanding the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
laying foundations for Lithuania as a major European power ⓘ
languageUsed Latin (in diplomatic correspondence) ⓘ
Lithuanian ⓘ
Ruthenian (Chancery Slavonic) ⓘ
linked to: Old Belarusian
legacy ancestor of many later rulers of Lithuania and Poland ⓘ
considered one of the founders of the Lithuanian state power ⓘ
notableEvent engaged in conflicts with the Teutonic Order ⓘ
issued letters inviting Western European craftsmen and merchants ⓘ
pursued diplomatic contacts with the Papacy ⓘ
positionHeld Grand Duke of Lithuania ⓘ
predecessor Vytenis ⓘ
pursuedPolicy integration of diverse ethnic and religious groups ⓘ
religious tolerance ⓘ
regionOfInfluence Baltic region ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
reignEnd 1341 ⓘ
reignStart c. 1316 ⓘ
religion paganism ⓘ
spouse Jewna (traditional attribution) ⓘ
successor Jaunutis ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lubart → father → Gediminas ⓘ
Gediminas → givenName → Gediminas ⓘ
Algirdas → father → Gediminas ⓘ
Lida → foundedBy → Grand Duke Gediminas ⓘ
linked to: Gediminas
Gediminid dynasty → namedAfter → Gediminas ⓘ
Gediminid dynasty → notableMember → Gediminas ⓘ
Aldona of Lithuania → father → Gediminas ⓘ
Commander's Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas → namedAfter → Grand Duke Gediminas of Lithuania ⓘ
linked to: Gediminas
Kęstutis → father → Gediminas ⓘ
Lubartas Gediminaitis → father → Gediminas ⓘ
Fedor Lubartowicz → hasAncestor → Gediminas ⓘ
Casimir IV, Duke of Pomerania → father-in-law → Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania ⓘ
linked to: Gediminas
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas → namedAfter → Grand Duke Gediminas of Lithuania ⓘ
linked to: Gediminas