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[15] 6 July is now celebrated as Statehood Day (Lithuanian: Valstybės diena); it is an official holiday in modern Lithuania. [39] The exact date of the coronation is not known; the scholarship of historian Edvardas Gudavičius, who promulgated this precise date, is sometimes challenged. [40]
Statehood Day or Coronation Day is an annual public holiday in Lithuania celebrated on July 6 to commemorate the coronation in 1253 of Mindaugas as the King of Lithuania. [1] ...
Tarptautinė darbo diena First Sunday in May: Mother's Day: Motinos diena First Sunday in June: Father's Day: Tėvo diena 24 June: St. John's Day / Day of Dew: Joninės / Rasos: Celebrated according to mostly pagan traditions (Midsummer Day, Saint Jonas Day). 6 July: Statehood Day: Valstybės (Lietuvos karaliaus Mindaugo karūnavimo) ir ...
The monarchy of Lithuania concerned the monarchical head of state of Lithuania, which was established as an absolute [1] [e] and hereditary monarchy.Throughout Lithuania's history there were three ducal dynasties—the House of Mindaugas, the House of Gediminas, and the House of Jagiellon.
Depiction of King Mindaugas. The House of Mindaugas (Lithuanian: Mindaugaičiai) was the first royal family of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, centered on Mindaugas, the first known and undoubted sovereign of Lithuania.
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe.It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a maritime border with Sweden to the west.
Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė (English: King Mindaugas Cup) is an annual national domestic basketball cup competition between Lithuanian professional teams. It is organised by the Lithuanian Basketball League (Lietuvos krepšinio lyga – LKL). The tournament is named in honor of Mindaugas, the first and only King of Lithuania.
Morta (died in 1263) was Queen of Lithuania (1253–1262) upon the accession of her husband, King Mindaugas.Very little is known about her life. Probably, Morta was Mindaugas' second wife as Vaišvilkas, the eldest son of Mindaugas, was already a mature man active in international politics when Morta's sons were still young and dependent on the parents. [1]