Family of Kęstutis

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The family of Kęstutis (Lithuanian: Kęstutaičiai), Grand Duke of Lithuania is listed here. He might have co-ruled with his brother Algirdas from 1345 to 1377 and became anti-ruler to his nephew Jogaila in years 1381-1382.[1][2][3]

Columns of Gediminids, an emblem of Kęstutis' ancestors, 1416
Coat of arms of Kęstutaičiai, used by Grand Duke Vytautas the Great during the Council of Constance in 1416
Flag of Vytautas the Great with a standing knight of Kęstutaičiai and Lithuanian Vytis (Waikymas), used during the Council of Constance in the early 15th century

Parents

  • Gediminas (c. 1275 – winter 1341), Grand Duke of Lithuania (1316–1341)[4]
  • Jaunė (died in 1344), daughter of Prince Ivan of Polotsk[4]

Wives

  • Name not known, (died c. 1351)
  • Birutė (died probably in 1382)

Brothers

Sisters

  • Maria (c. 1300–1349), Princess of Lithuania[4]
  • Aldona of Lithuania (Anna; after 1309 – 26 May 1339), Princess of Lithuania, Queen of Poland (1333–1339)[11]
  • Damilla (baptized Elzbieta; died in 1364), Princess of Płock
  • Eufemija (died on 5 February 1342), Princess of Halicz and Volodymyr-Halicz[12]
  • Aigustė (Anastazja; died on 11 March 1345), Grand Princess of Vladimir-Moscow[13]

Sons

Daughters

References

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