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Justinas Marcinkevičius and pedagogist Meilė Lukšienė during the Constituent Congress of Sąjūdis, 1988 Marcinkevičius was born in 1930 in Važatkiemis, Prienai District . In 1954, he graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Vilnius University with a degree in Lithuanian language and literature .
Herzog von Urach; 3 March 1864 – 24 March 1928), was a German prince who was elected in June 1918 as King of Lithuania, with the regnal name of Mindaugas II. He never assumed the crown, however, as German authorities declared the election invalid; [ 1 ] the invitation was withdrawn in November 1918.
During the summer of 1253, he was crowned king, [4] ruling between 300,000 and 400,000 subjects, and got nicknamed as Mindaugas the Sapient by the Livonians. [5] [6] While Mindaugas's ten-year reign as king was marked by many state-building accomplishments, his conflicts with relatives and other dukes continued.
The Kingdom of Lithuania was a sovereign state that existed from the 17 July 1251 until the death of the first crowned king of Lithuania, Mindaugas, on 12 September 1263. [1] Mindaugas was the only Lithuanian monarch crowned king with the assent of the Pope and the head of the first catholic Lithuanian state.
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Martynas Mažvydas National Library goals are accumulation and preservation of the Lithuanian documentary cultural heritage for the future generations and ensuring its access, active participation in the knowledge society creation process, development of its activities and services using modern information technologies with the purpose to assist the learning and development processes of ...
Father of Mindaugas – several sources mention that he was a powerful duke, but do not give his name. 16th century genealogies gave him the name of Ryngold or Ringaudas. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The following Lithuanian dukes signed a peace treaty with the rulers of Galicia–Volhynia in 1219: [ 7 ]
Vykintas died in or about 1253, and Tautvilas was forced to rejoin Daniel of Galicia. Daniel reconciled with Mindaugas in 1254; the Black Ruthenian lands were transferred to Roman, the son of Daniel. Vaišvilkas, the son of Mindaugas, decided to join a monastery. [5] Tautvilas recognized Mindaugas' superiority and received Polatsk as a fiefdom ...