Algirdas

Algirdas
Fragment from medal by Juozas Kalinauskas
Grand Duke of Lithuania
Reign1345–1377
PredecessorJaunutis
SuccessorJogaila
Duke of Zaslawye
Reignc. 1320–1345
SuccessorJaunutis
Duke of Vitebsk
Reign1318–1377
PredecessorVasilko Briachislavich
SuccessorUliana Alexandrovna of Tver
Bornc. 1296
DiedLate May 1377
possibly Maišiagala
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DynastyGediminid
FatherGediminas
MotherVida

Algirdas (Belarusian: Альгерд, romanizedAlhierd; Ukrainian: Ольге́рд, О́льґерд, romanizedOlherd, Olgerd, Polish: Olgierd; c. 1296 – May 1377) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1345 to 1377.[1] 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 80 kilometres (50 miles) of Moscow.[2]

  1. ^ "Algirdas | grand duke of Lithuania". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Algirdas". vle.lt. Retrieved 20 November 2019.