Algirdas of Lithuania, Grand Duke of Lithuania

1296 - 1377  (81 years)

• Name	Algirdas of Lithuania
  Title	Grand Duke of Lithuania
  Birth	1296
  Gender	Male
  Death	May 1377
  Person ID	I44635	footsteps
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family	Maria of Vitebsk,   b. Abt 1310   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	+ 1. Wladyslaw Jagiello, King of Poland , II,   b. 1352, Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania d. 1 Jun 1434, Kiev, Ukraine (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F24593	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

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  Algirdas was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1345 to 1377. With the help of his brother Kestutis (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.