Algirdas

Algirdas
Fragment from medal by Juozas Kalinauskas
Grand Duke of Lithuania
Reign	1345–1377
Predecessor	Jaunutis
Successor	Jogaila
Duke of Zaslawye
Reign	c. 1320–1345
Successor	Jaunutis
Duke of Vitebsk
Reign	1318–1377
Predecessor	Vasilko Briachislavich
Successor	Uliana Alexandrovna of Tver
Born	c. 1296
Died	Late May 1377 possibly Maišiagala
Spouse	Maria of Vitebsk Uliana Alexandrovna of Tver
Issue more...	Demetrius I Starshy Andrei of Polotsk Vladimir Olgerdovich Jogaila Skirgaila Švitrigaila
Dynasty	Gediminid
Father	Gediminas
Mother	Vida

Algirdas (Belarusian: Альгерд, romanized: Alhierd; Ukrainian: Ольгерд, Ольґерд, romanized: Olherd, Olgerd, Polish: Olgierd; c. 1296 – May 1377) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1345 to 1377.^[1] With the help of his brother Kęstutis (who defended the western border of the Duchy) he created an empire stretching from the present Baltic states to the Black Sea and to within 80 kilometres (50 miles) of Moscow.^[2]