Aigustė Anastasia of Lithuania

Aigustė Anastasia of Lithuania , ( Russian Анастаси́я Гедими́новна ) (* between 1316 and 1321 ; † March 11, 1345 ) was a Grand Duchess of Moscow . She was probably the daughter of Gediminas , the Grand Duke of Lithuania , and the first wife of Simeon of Moscow .

The fact that she was a daughter of Gediminas has not been fully proven, but because of the importance of her marriage to Simeon and Gedimina's planned marriage policy, most historians inferred that she must have been a member of Gediminas' dynasty.

In November or December 1333, Aigustė was baptized with the name Anastasia in order to be able to marry Simeon. In 1341 he became Grand Duke of Moscow. This marriage had great political potential as Lithuania and Moscow were rivals for supremacy in Ruthenia at the time, but conflicts broke out again just two years after the marriage.

Her two sons Vasily and Konstantin died in childhood. Their daughter Vasilissa married in 1350 Mikhail Vasilyevich von Kashin , a prince of Tvers who was hostile to Lithuania. Her brother Jaunutis asked her for help when he was overthrown by Algirdas in 1345 . Aigustė became a nun shortly before her death on March 11, 1345 . She was buried in a monastery church within the Moscow Kremlin , the construction of which she had financed herself.

Individual evidence

↑ Jan Tęgowski (1999). Pierwsze pokolenia Giedyminowiczów . Poznan-Wroclaw: Wydawnictwo Historyczne. Page 251. ISBN 8391356310 .
↑ ^a ^b Ignas Jonynas (1933). "Aigustė". In Vaclovas Biržiška. Lietuviškoji enciklopedija I. Kaunas: Spaudos Fondas. Page 112 (Lithuanian).
^ Rowell, SC (1994). Lithuania Ascending: A Pagan Empire Within East-Central Europe, 1295-1345. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series. Cambridge University Press. Pages 89-93. ISBN 978-0-521-45011-9 .
↑ ^a ^b S. C. Rowell (1994). "Pious Princesses or Daughters of Belial: Pagan Lithuanian Dynastic Diplomacy, 1279-1423". Medieval Prosopography 15 (1): pages 39-40. ISSN 0198-9405 .

personal data
SURNAME	Aigustė Anastasia of Lithuania
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Анастаси́я Гедими́новна (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Grand Duchess of Moscow
DATE OF BIRTH	after 1316
DATE OF DEATH	March 11, 1345

[1] Jan Tęgowski (1999). Pierwsze pokolenia Giedyminowiczów . Poznan-Wroclaw: Wydawnictwo Historyczne. Page 251. ISBN 8391356310 .

[jan-2] Ignas Jonynas (1933). "Aigustė". In Vaclovas Biržiška. Lietuviškoji enciklopedija I. Kaunas: Spaudos Fondas. Page 112 (Lithuanian).

[3] Rowell, SC (1994). Lithuania Ascending: A Pagan Empire Within East-Central Europe, 1295-1345. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series. Cambridge University Press. Pages 89-93. ISBN 978-0-521-45011-9 .

[medi-4] S. C. Rowell (1994). "Pious Princesses or Daughters of Belial: Pagan Lithuanian Dynastic Diplomacy, 1279-1423". Medieval Prosopography 15 (1): pages 39-40. ISSN 0198-9405 .