Gediminids

Gediminids (Гедзімінавічы, Гедымінавічы,Gediminaičiai,Gedėmėnātē,Giedyminowicze,Гедиміновичі,Гедиминовичи)
Columns of Gediminas
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

TheHouse of Gediminidor simply theGediminidswere adynastyofmonarchsin theGrand Duchy of Lithuaniathat reigned from the 14th to the 16th century.Acadet branchof this family, known as theJagiellonian dynasty,reigned also in theKingdom of Poland,Kingdom of HungaryandKingdom of Bohemia.Several other branches ranked among the leading aristocratic dynasties of Poland and Russia into recent times.

TheGediminas' Capwas used during theinaugurationsof Gediminids asLithuanian monarchsin theVilnius Cathedraland symbolized the dynasty's continuity.

Their monarchical title inLithuanianprimarily 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.In the 18th century, the latter form was changed intotautologicaldidysis kunigaikštis,which nevertheless would be translated as "Grand Duke"(for its etymology, seeGrand Prince).

Origin

The origin ofGediminashimself is much debated. Some sources say he wasVytenis'ostler,others that he was of peasant stock. Some historians consider him as the son or grandson of Lithuanian orYatvingianKing/dukeSkalmantas.Most scholars agree, however, that Gediminas wasVytenis' brother (the parentage of Vytenis is explained differently in various fake genealogies, compiled from the 16th century onwards; according to the latest Polish research, his parentage cannot be established).

Confirmed Gediminid rulers

• Gediminas
• Jaunutis
• Algirdas
• Jogaila
• Kęstutis
• Vytautas– King/Grand Duke from 1392 to 1430
• Švitrigaila
• Sigismund Kęstutaitis
• Casimir IV Jagiellon
• Alexander Jagiellon
• Sigismund I the Old
• Sigismund II Augustus

Branches of the dynasty

The Gediminid symbol in Rambynas Hill, Lithuania

TheEastern Orthodoxbranches of the family were initiallyRuthenizedto some extent. The majority of these families (e.g.,Czartoryski) soon converted toRoman Catholicismand becamePolonized.Others (e. g. theGolitsyn(Galitzine),KurakinandTrubetskoy) moved toMuscovy,became thoroughlyRussifiedand are among theprincely families of Russia.

In Poland, some Gediminid families (such as Olelkowicz-Słucki,Wiśniowiecki,Zbaraski) are extinct, but others survive to the present:Chowański,Czartoryski,Sanguszko,Siesicki(Dowmont-Siesicki, Szeszycki), andKoriatowicz-Kurcewicz..

The Russian Gediminid families includeBulgakov,Golitsin,Kurakin,Khovansky,Troubetzkoy,Mstislavsky,Belsky,andVolynsky.Some of these families also survive, as of 2020.

Gediminid descendants

I. The descendants of *Bujwid Vytianis Rex. King Lithuania.

1. Dukes Prince ofBujwid

I. The descendants ofNarimantas:

1. Dukes ofPinsky (nobility)(faded at the end of the 15th century)
   1. Dukes ofKurcewicze
      1. Dukes ofBuremscy
2. Dukes ofPatrikeyev
   1. Dukes ofBulgakov (nobility)
   2. Dukes ofKurcewicze
      1. Dukes ofGolitsyn
      2. Dukes ofKurakin
   3. Dukes ofSchentyatev (nobility)
   4. Dukes ofKhovansky (nobility)
3. Dukes ofKorecki
   1. Dukes ofRuzhinsky (nobility)

II. The descendants ofAlgirdas:

1. DukeAndrei of Polotsk
   1. Dukes ofPolubinsky (nobility)
   2. Dukes ofLukomsky (nobility)
2. Dmitrijus Algirdaitis
   1. Dukes ofTrubetskoy(Trubchevsk)
3. Konstantinas Algirdaitis
   1. Dukes ofCzartoryski
4. Vladimiras Algirdaitis
   1. Olelkaičiai(descendants ofAleksandras Olelka)
      1. Dukes ofSlutsky (nobility)(faded at the end of the 16th century)
   2. Dukes ofBelsky
5. The descendants ofKaributas
   1. Dukes ofZbarazhsky (nobility)
      1. Dukes ofWiśniowiecki
      2. Dukes ofVoronetsky (nobility)
      3. Dukes ofNesvisky
      4. Dukes ofPorytskie (nobility)
6. The descendants ofFiodoras Algirdaitis
   1. Dukes ofHurkowicze (nobility)
   2. Dukes ofKobryn
   3. Dukes ofSanguszko
7. TheJagiellons
8. The descendants ofLengvenis
   1. Dukes ofMstislavsky

III. The descendants ofKęstutis

1. Patrikas Kęstutaitis
2. Vaidotas Kęstutaitis
3. Butautas Kęstutaitis
4. Vytautas the Great
5. Tautvilas Kęstutaitis
6. Žygimantas Kęstutaitis

IV. The descendants ofJaunutis:

1. Dukes ofZaslavsky
   1. Dukes ofMstislavsky

V. The descendants ofLiubartas(faded in the first half of the 15th century)

VI.Koriatowicz,descended fromKarijotas

1. Dukes ofPodilskyi (nobility)
2. Dukes ofVolynsky (nobility)

Family tree

Butegeidis Bujwid (? – c. 1292) King/G. Duke of Lith., c. 1285 – c. 1292

Budvydas-Pukuveras Bujwid (? – c. 1296) King/G. Duke of Lith., c. 1292 – c. 1296

Vytenis Bujwid (? – 1316) King/G. Duke of Lith., c. 1296–1316

Gediminas (c. 1275–1341) King/G. Duke of Lith., 1316–1341

Jaunutis (?) G. Duke of Lith., 1341–1345

Algirdas (c. 1296–1377) King/G. Duke of Lith., 1345–1377

Kęstutis (1297–1382)

Ladislaus (Jogaila) (c. 1351–1434) King/G. Duke of Lith., 1377–1401 King of Poland, 1386–1434

Švitrigaila (c. 1370–1452) King/G. Duke of Lith., 1430–1432

Vytautas (1352–1430) King/G. Duke of Lith., 1401–1430

Žygimantas Kęstutaitis (? – 1440) King/G. Duke of Lith., 1432–1440

Jagiellon branch (Jogailaičiai)

See also

• Columns of Gediminas
• Family of Gediminas
• Galitzine family
• List of Lithuanian rulers
• List of Ukrainian rulers
• Palemonids

External links

• Marek, Miroslav."Genealogy of the House of Gediminas".Genealogy.EU.