Manvydas
According to tradition, Manvydas (also: Mantvydas , Polish: Monwid ; * around 1288; † probably on February 2, 1348 ) was the eldest son of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas († 1341) and the progenitor of the Manvydai family named after him . Hardly any reliable facts are known about his life, but it seems certain that he inherited Kernavė and Slonim after the death of his father . He probably died with his brother Narimantas in the Battle of the Strėva , which ended in a serious Lithuanian defeat by the army of the Teutonic Order .
literature
- Jonas Zinkus u. a. (ed.): Tarybų Lietuvos Enciklopedija , Vol. II, Vilnius 1986, p. 688 (keyword Manvydas ) (Lithuanian).
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| SURNAME | Manvydas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Monwid; Mantvydas; Monwid (Polish) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian nobleman, son of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1288 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 1348 |
| Place of death | on the Strėva river |