caption father dynasty predecessor successor mother death_date death_place religion title buried birth_date spouse image article_title name reign
fragment from medal by juozas kalinauskas gediminas gediminid jaunutis jogaila jewna late may 1377 possibly maišiagala paganism grand duke of lithuania on a ceremonial fire in the woods near maišiagala c. 1296 maria of vitebsk uliana alexandrovna of tver grand duke of lithuania algirdas . authors-jk & lk.jpg algirdas
 algirdas 14th as grand duke of lithuania -rrb- century 1316 -- 1377 1345 -- 1377 -lrb-
algirdas

algirdas -lrb- , , , name on his personal seal -lrb- cyrillic script -rrb- Олгер equals to holger -rrb- -lrb- c. 1296 -- may 1377 -rrb- was a monarch of medieval lithuania .
he ruled the lithuanians and ruthenians from 1345 to 1377 .
with the help of his brother kęstutis -lrb- who defended the western border of the duchy -rrb- he created an empire stretching from the present baltic states to the black sea and to within fifty miles of moscow .
