Butegeidis
Birth:	9999 Lithuania
Death:	1292 Lithuania
Father:	Skalmantas
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'Butegeidis or Butigeidis' (Budikid; Belarusian: Будзікід) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1285 to 1291. He is the first known and undisputed member of the Gediminids.

He started his rule when the Livonian Order and the Teutonic Knights were finalizing their conquest of the Baltic tribes. In 1289, leading about 8,000 troops, Butigeidis attacked Sambia. In 1289 the Teutonic Knights built a castle in Tilsit and their raids intensified. Lithuanians were forced to abandon Koklainiai Castle located on the other bank of the river. Butigeidis was the first to build strong castles along the Neman River. The castle system was further developed after his death and helped to resist the raids until the second half of the 14th century.

Butegeidis transferred Vaŭkavysk to Galicia-Volhynia in exchange for peace. He died in 1290 or 1292, and his brother Budvydas (?-c1296) (also known as Pukuveras) inherited the crown.

References

• (Lithuanian) (2004) Lietuvos valdovai (XIII-XVIII a.): enciklopedinis žinynas, Vytautas Spečiūnas (compiler), Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. ISBN 5-420-01535-8. 

Preceded by Daumantas

Grand Duke of Lithuania 1285-1291

Succeeded by Budvydas (?-c1296)

v • d • e Monarchs of Lithuania Early Grand Dukes Mindaugas (dynasty) Treniota Vaišvilkas Shvarn Traidenis Daumantas Gediminids Butigeidis Butvydas Vytenis Gediminas (family) Jaunutis Algirdas (family) Jogaila (family) Kęstutis (family) Skirgaila Vytautas Švitrigaila Sygismund Kestutian Casimir Jagellon Alexander Sigismund I the Old Sigismund II Augustus Elected Henry III of Valois Anna the Jagiellonian Stephen Báthory Sigismund III Vasa Ladislaus IV Vasa John II Casimir Vasa Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki John III Sobieski Augustus II the Strong Stanisław Leszczyński August III the Saxon Stanisław August Poniatowski

Butegeidis was born on an unknown date in Lithuania to Skalmantas and died circa 1291 in Lithuania of unspecified causes. Ancestors are from Lithuania.

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