Maria Yaroslavna of Vitebsk was born circa 1300 in Vitebsk, Vitebsk Voblast, Belarus and died circa 1348 of unspecified causes. She married Algirdas (1296-1377) 1318 JL .
Maria Yaroslavna of Vitebsk (died before 1349) was the first wife of Algirdas, future Grand Duke of Lithuania (marriage took place around 1318). Very little is known about her life. The only child of a Russian prince Yaroslav,[1] Maria was the only heir to the Principality of Vitebsk.[2] After her father's death ca. 1345, Vitebsk fell permanently under control of Algirdas and other Gediminids.[3] Maria gave birth to five sons, all of whom grew up while Algirdas was still only a regional duke in Slavic lands of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[4] All five sons were baptized in Orthodox rite and ruled Russian lands giving rise to prominent clans of Russian princes (Trubetskoy family from Dmitri of Bryansk, Czartorysky family from Konstantin, Sanguszko family from Fyodor, Belsky and Olelkovich families from Vladimir).[4] After Maria's death, Algirdas married another Russian princess, Uliana of Tver. After Algirdas' death, eldest sons of Maria and Uliana battled over succession rights.
See also
- House of Algirdas
References
- ^ Shatskikh, Aleksandra Semenovna; Katherine Foshko Tsan (2007). Vitebsk: the Life of Art. Yale University Press. p. 2. ISBN 0300101082. http://books.google.com/books?id=cg4kkYvTKw4C&pg=PA2&as_brr=3&client=firefox-a.
- ^ (Lithuanian) Ivinskis, Zenonas (1978). Lietuvos istorija iki Vytauto Didžiojo mirties. Rome: Lietuvių katalikų mokslo akademija. p. 239. LCC
79346776.
- ^ Rowell, S. C. (1994). Lithuania Ascending: A Pagan Empire Within East-Central Europe, 1295-1345. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series. Cambridge University Press. p. 84. ISBN 9780521450119.
- ^ a b (Lithuanian) Ivinskis, Zenonas (1978). Lietuvos istorija iki Vytauto Didžiojo mirties. Rome: Lietuvių katalikų mokslo akademija. p. 259. LCC 79346776.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Andrei Olgierdovich of Polotsk (1325-1399) | 1325 | 12 August 1399 | |
| Dmitri Olgierdovich of Bryansk (c1330-1399) | 1330 | 12 August 1399 | Anna Ivanovna of Drutsk (c1335-c1375) Anna Aleksandrovna of Ryazan (c1328-c1390) |
| Konstantin Chartorysky (c1332-c1388) | |||
| Vladimir Olgierdovich of Kiev (c1330-1398) | 1330 | 1398 Kiev, Ukraine | Anna NN |
| Fyodor Olgierdovich (c1333-1404) | 1333 | 1404 | |
| Feodora Olgierdovna (c1336-c1375) | 1336 | 1375 | Svyatoslav Titovich Karachevsky (c1310-c176) |
| Agrypina Olgierdovna (c1337-1393) | 1337 | 1375 | Boris Konstantinovich of Suzdal (c1322-1394) |
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Footnotes (including sources)
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