Maria of Vitebsk
| Maria of Vitebsk | |
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| Born | c. 1300 Vitebsk, Principality of Vitebsk |
| Died | c. 1348 Vilnius, Grand Duchy of Lithuania |
| Spouse | Algirdas |
| House | Izyaslavichi of Polotsk (branch of the Rurikids) |
| Father | Yaroslav Vasilievich (Jaroslavas Vasiljevičius) |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Maria of Vitebsk (Russian: Мария Ярославна Витебская, romanized: Marija Jaroslavna; Lithuanian: Marija Vitebskietė; c. 1300 – c. 1346) was the first wife of Algirdas, the future Grand Duke of Lithuania (marriage took place c. 1318).
Life
[edit]Very little is known about her life. As 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 in c. 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 the Christianized lands of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[4] All five sons were baptized in the Orthodox rite and ruled Russian lands giving rise to prominent clans of Russian dukes (Trubetskoy family from Dmitry of Bryansk, Czartoryski family from Constantine, Sanguszko family from Fiodor, Belsky and Olelkovich families from Vladimir).[4]
After Maria's death, Algirdas married another Russian princess, Uliana of Tver.[5] After Algirdas' death, the eldest sons of Maria and Uliana battled over succession rights.[citation needed]
Issue
[edit]- Andrei of Polotsk (1325 – 12 August 1399 in the Battle of the Vorskla River), Prince of Polotsk (1342–1387), Pskov (1342–1348)
- Dmitry of Bryansk (1327 – 12 August 1399 in the Battle of the Vorskla River), Duke of Bryansk (1356–1379 and 1388–1399)
- Constantine (died before 30 October 1390), Prince of Chortoryisk. According to J. Tęgowski, he may be son of Karijotas.[6]
- Vladimir Olgerdovich (died after October 1398), Grand Prince of Kiev (1362–1394), Kapyl, Slutsk. Ancestor of Olelkovich and Belsky families.
- Fedor (Theodore; died in 1399), Prince of Rylsk (1370–1399), Ratnie (1387–1394), Bryansk (1393)
- Theodora, wife of Sviatoslav Titovich of Karachev
- Agrypina (baptized Mary; died in 1393), wife of Boris of Suzdal
References
[edit]- ↑ Shatskikh, Aleksandra Semenovna; Katherine Foshko Tsan (2007). Vitebsk: the Life of Art. Yale University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-300-10108-9.
- ↑ Ivinskis, Zenonas (1978). Lietuvos istorija iki Vytauto Didžiojo mirties (in Lithuanian). Rome: Lietuvių katalikų mokslo akademija. p. 239. LCCN 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 978-0-521-45011-9.
- 1 2 Ivinskis, Zenonas (1978). Lietuvos istorija iki Vytauto Didžiojo mirties (in Lithuanian). Rome: Lietuvių katalikų mokslo akademija. p. 259. LCCN 79346776.
- ↑ Meyendorff, John (24 June 2010). Byzantium and the Rise of Russia: A Study of Byzantino-Russian Relations in the Fourteenth Century. Cambridge University Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-521-13533-7.
- ↑ Tęgowski J. Który Konstanty – Olgierdowic czy Koriatowic – był przodkiem kniaziów Czartoryskich? // Europa Orientalis. – Toruń, 1996. – S. 53-59.
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