Gediminids | |
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| Parent house | Palemonid dynasty |
| Country | Grand Duchy of Lithuania |
| Founded | 1315 or 1316 |
| Founder | Gediminas |
| Final ruler | Sigismund II of Poland |
| Titles | King/Grand Duke of Lithuania |
| Cadet branches | Jagiellonian dynasty Kęstutaičiai Trubetskoy family House of Golitsyn |
The House of Gediminas (Lithuanian: Gediminaičių dinastija), or simply the Gediminids,[a] were a dynasty of monarchs in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that reigned from the 14th to the 16th century.[1] A cadet branch of this family, known as the Jagiellonian dynasty, reigned also in the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Hungary and Kingdom of Bohemia.[2] Several other branches ranked among the leading aristocratic dynasties of Poland and Russia into recent times.[1]
The Gediminas' Cap was used during the inaugurations of Gediminids as Lithuanian monarchs in the Vilnius Cathedral and symbolized the dynasty's continuity.[3][4][5]
Their monarchical title in Lithuanian primarily was, by some folkloristic data, kunigų kunigas ("Duke of Dukes"), and later on, didysis kunigas ("Great/High Duke") or, in a simple manner, karalius or kunigaikštis.[citation needed] In the 18th century, the latter form was changed into tautological didysis kunigaikštis, which nevertheless would be translated as "Grand Duke" (for its etymology, see Grand Prince).
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- ^ a b "Gediminaičiai". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Kiaupa, Zigmantas. "Jogailaičiai". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Gudavičius, Edvardas. "Gedimino kepurė" [Gediminas' Cap]. Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ Gudavičius, Edvardas. "Inauguracija". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ Mickūnaitė, Giedrė. (2006). Making a great ruler: Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania. Budapest: Central European University Press. p. 149. ISBN 9637326588. Retrieved 10 April 2023.