Jewna VON POLOTZK

Jewna VON POLOTZK

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Name Jewna VON POLOTZK

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Tod etwa 1344
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Gediminas VON LITAUEN

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Jewna (Lithuanian: JaunÄ—, literally, young woman; died ca. 1344) was daughter of Prince Ivan of Polatsk and wife of Gediminas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia and Samogitia (1316†“1341). She is mentioned in written sources only once – theBychowiec Chronicle, a late and unreliable source. Therefore some historians cast a serious doubt on her existence, but modernreference works still widely cite her as the ancestress of the Gediminids dynasty.

There are considerable doubts about how many wives Gediminas had. The Bychowiec Chronicle mentions three wives: Vida from Courland, Olga from Smolensk, and Jewna.[1] Some modern historians suggest that Gediminas had two wives, one from local pagan nobles, and Jewna, an Orthodox. C. S. Rowell claims that Gediminas had only one wife, an unknown pagan duchess. He argues that an important marriage to a Ruthenian or Polish princess like Jewna would have been noted in contemporary sources.[2]

The Bychowiec Chronicle mentions that after Jewna's death, brothers Algirdas and Kęstutis became displeased with Jaunutis, who Gediminas chose as his heir. Soon they deposed of Jaunutis.This episode Is interpreted that weak Jaunutis was protected by his mother. If such interpretation was accurate, then it would testify the power and influence of queen mother in pagan Lithuania.[3]

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1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewna

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Titel Ackermann-Ahnen
Beschreibung Familienforschung Europa Schwerpunkte Hessen, Niedersachsen Hugenotten + Waldenser Europäisches Mittelalter
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