Elzbieta of Lithuania was born 1302 to Gediminas (c1275-1341) and Jewna of Polotsk (c1280-c1344) and died circa 1364 of unspecified causes.
Elzbieta of Lithuania was the daughter of Gedimidas and Jewna of Polotszk. She married Wacław of Płock, one of the dukes of Mazovia in modern-day eastern Poland. Her second name is recorded in writings by Maciej Stryjkowski as Danmila and Teodor Narbutt as Damila. It has been suggested these names are misread versions of Danutė,[1] a name derived from Daniel. Another interpretation is that historians confused Danutė of Lithuania, daughter of Kęstutis, with Elzbieta.[2]
As an alliance, the marriage was significant because passages to and from western Europe had to pass through Mazovia; it can be seen as an attempt to revive Grand Duke Traidenis' and his daughter Gaudemunda's link with Mazovia in the 1270s.[3] The marriage's importance is attested by Elzbieta's dowry: 720 Kraków silver marks and nine marks of gold – three times more than an ordinary recorded dowry of the time.[3] This marriage probably took place about 1316, when Gediminas supported Wacław during a civil war in the divided Duchy of Mazovia.[3]
After Wacław's death in 1336, Elzbieta managed her own wealth. She is mentioned for the last time in 1361, when her brother Kęstutis escaped from Marienburg and sought refuge at his sister's house; historians put her date of death at around 1364.[1]
In 1337 Elzbieta's daughter Anna, first mentioned in late 1323, married Henry V of Żagań, in modern-day western Poland. Her son Bolesław III or Bolko died without a male heir in 1351 and his land was divided among other dukes.[4]
Notes
- ^ a b (Lithuanian) Jonynas, Ignas (1937). "Damilla". In Vaclovas Biržiška. Lietuviškoji enciklopedija. V. Kaunas: Spaudos Fondas. pp. 1414.
- ^ (Lithuanian) Jonynas, Ignas (1937). "Danutė". In Vaclovas Biržiška. Lietuviškoji enciklopedija. 5. Kaunas: Spaudos Fondas. pp. 1501–1502.
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Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Anna of Płock (1323-1363) | 1324 | 16 February 1363 | Henry V of Zagan (c1319-c1369) |
Bolesław III of Płock (c1325-1351) |
Residences
Persondata | |
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NAME | Maria Of Lithuania |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
SHORT DESCRIPTION | |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1302 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | |
DATE OF DEATH | 1364 |
PLACE OF DEATH |
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