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Butigeidis
Grand Duke of Lithuania
Reign
1285–1290/1291
Predecessor
Daumantas
Successor
Butvydas
Born
1240
Died
1290/1291
House
Gediminids
Butigeidis (Budikid; Belarusian: Будзікід; died 1290 or 1291) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1285 to 1290 or 1291.[1] He assumed power after the death of Daumantas.[2] He is the first known and undisputed member of the Gediminids.[2]
He started his rule when the Livonian Order and the Teutonic Knights were finalizing their conquest of the Baltic tribes.[2] In 1289, leading about 8,000 troops, Butigeidis attacked Sambia.[2] In 1289 the Teutonic Knights built a castle in Tilsit and their raids intensified. Lithuanians were forced to abandon Kolainių Castle located on the other bank of the Neman River.[2] Butigeidis was the first to build strong castles along the Neman River.[2] The castle system was further developed after his death and helped to resist the raids until the second half of the 14th century.[2]
Butigeidis transferred Vawkavysk to Galicia-Volhynia in exchange for peace.[2] He died in 1290 or 1292, and his brother Butvydas (also known as Pukuveras) inherited the crown.[2]
^Galeotti, Mark (17 January 2023). Teutonic Knight Vs Lithuanian Warrior: The Lithuanian Crusade 1283–1435. Bloomsbury USA. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-4728-5150-5.
^ abcdefghi"Butigeidis". vle.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 20 January 2020.
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Gediminids, a dynasty of sovereigns of Lithuania and Poland that started with Butigeidis ca. 1285 and ended with Sigismund II Augustus in 1572. Historians have...
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Name Portrait Arms Birth Marriage(s) Death Claim Grand Duke Butigeidis 1285 – 1291 None known Unknown Son of Skalmantas (?) Unknown 1291 Possibly a relative...
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great native dynasty, took over the rule of the Grand Duchy in 1285 under Butigeidis. Vytenis (r. 1295–1315) and Gediminas (r. 1315–1341), after whom the Gediminid...
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Name Portrait Arms Birth Marriage(s) Death Grand Duke Butigeidis 1285 – 1291 None known Unknown Son of Skalmantas (?) Unknown 1291 Grand Duke Butvydas...
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service in the Lithuanian Armed Forces as part of the 7th Grand Duke Butigeidis Coast Dragoon Battalion of the Lithuanian Land Force. In 2000, the band...
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