Qui a épousé Jewna?

Jewna

Jaunė (Belarusian: Еўна, Lithuanian: Jaunė, literally, young woman in Lithuanian; died ca. 1344) was daughter of Prince Ivan of Polatsk and wife of Gediminas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania (1316–1341). She is mentioned in written sources only once – the Bychowiec Chronicle, a late and unreliable source. Therefore, some historians cast a serious doubt on her existence, but modern reference works still widely cite her as the ancestress of the Gediminids dynasty.

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Gediminas

Gediminas

Ghédimin, ou Gediminas (latin : Gedeminne, Gedeminnus) est né vers 1275 et décédé en 1341. Il devient grand-duc de Lituanie en 1316 et en fait un État très puissant.

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