Gediminids

Gediminids
The House of Gediminid or simply the Gediminids were a dynasty of monarchs in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that reigned from the 14th to the 16th century. 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. Several other branches ranked among the leading aristocratic dynasties of Russia and Poland into recent times.
The Gediminas' Cap was used during the inaugurations of Gediminids as Lithuanian monarchs in the Vilnius Cathedral and symbolized the dynasty's continuity.
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. 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).
Origin
The origin of Gediminas himself is much debated. Some sources say he was Vytenis' ostler, others that he was of peasant stock. Some historians consider him as the son or grandson of Lithuanian or Yatvingian King/duke Skalmantas. Most scholars agree, however, that Gediminas was Vytenis' 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 Eastern Orthodox branches of the family were mostly Ruthenian, which also was one of the two main languages of their established state. Some of these families (e.g., Czartoryski) later converted to Roman Catholicism and became Polonized. Others (e.g., Galitzine) moved to Muscovy and became thoroughly Russified.
In Poland, most Gediminid families (such as Olelkowicz-Słucki, Wiśniowiecki, Zbaraski) are extinct, but at least some families survive to the present: Chowański, Czartoryski, Sanguszko, Siesicki (Dowmont-Siesicki, Szeszycki) and Koriatowicz-Kurcewicz..
The Russian Gediminid families include Bulgakov, Golitsin, Kurakin, Khovansky, Troubetzkoy, Mstislavsky, Belsky, and Volynsky. Some of these families also survive as of 2020.
Gediminid descendants
I. The descendants of *Bujwid Vytianis Rex. King Lithuania.
Dukes Prince of Bujwid
I. The descendants of Narimantas:
Dukes of (faded at the end of the 15th century)
Dukes of
Dukes of
Dukes of
Dukes of
Dukes of
Dukes of Golitsyn
Dukes of Kurakin
Dukes of
Dukes of
Dukes of Korecki
Dukes of
II. The descendants of Algirdas:
Duke Andrei of Polotsk
Dukes of
Dukes of
Dmitrijus Algirdaitis
Dukes of Trubetskoy (Trubchevsk)
Dukes of Czartoryski
Vladimiras Algirdaitis
Olelkaičiai (descendants of )
Dukes of (faded at the end of the 16th century)
Dukes of Belsky
The descendants of Kaributas
Dukes of
Dukes of Wiśniowiecki
Dukes of
Dukes of
Dukes of
The descendants of
Dukes of
Dukes of Kobryn
Dukes of Sanguszko
The Jagiellons
The descendants of Lengvenis
Dukes of Mstislavsky
III. The descendants of Kęstutis
Patrikas Kęstutaitis
Vaidotas Kęstutaitis
Butautas Kęstutaitis
Vytautas the Great
Tautvilas Kęstutaitis
Žygimantas Kęstutaitis
IV. The descendants of Jaunutis:
Dukes of Zaslavsky
Dukes of Mstislavsky
V. The descendants of Liubartas (faded in the first half of the 15th century)
VI. , descended from Karijotas
Dukes of Podilskyi (nobility)
Dukes of
Family tree
See also
Columns of Gediminas
Family of Gediminas
Galitzine family
List of Lithuanian rulers
List of Ukrainian rulers
Palemonids
References
External links
Family trees of royalty