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Birutė

1317 - 1382

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Birutė (died 1382) was the Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Kęstutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and mother of Vytautas the Great. There is very little known about Birutė's life, but after her death a cult worshiping her developed among Lithuanians, especially in Samogitia. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Birutė is the 6,057th most popular politician (up from 6,753rd in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 49th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Lithuanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Birutė ranks 6,057 out of 19,576Before her are Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, Louis, Prince of Condé, Princess Sophie of the Netherlands, Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy, Ordoño IV of León, and Pepin, Count of Vermandois. After her are Daru of Baekje, Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Patsy Reddy, Wei Zheng, Alexander V of Macedon, and Cyril Genik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1317, Birutė ranks 1After her are William II, Count of Hainaut, Euthymius of Tarnovo, Euphemia of Sweden, and John, Duke of Randazzo. Among people deceased in 1382, Birutė ranks 6Before her are Louis I of Hungary, Joanna I of Naples, Kęstutis, Nicole Oresme, and Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy. After her are Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile, Winrich von Kniprode, Peter II of Cyprus, Lala Şahin Pasha, Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans, and Andrea Contarini.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Birutė ranks 43 out of 328Before her are Treniota (1210), Andrius Kubilius (1956), Skirgaila (1354), Moshe Arens (1925), Isaac Levitan (1860), and Alexander Berkman (1870). After her are Jacques Lipchitz (1891), Leo Jogiches (1867), Leopold Godowsky (1870), Augustinas Voldemaras (1883), Gediminas Kirkilas (1951), and Bluma Zeigarnik (1900).

Among POLITICIANS In Lithuania

Among politicians born in Lithuania, Birutė ranks 21Before her are Gitanas Nausėda (1964), Sigismund Kęstutaitis (1365), Boris Skossyreff (1896), Treniota (1210), Andrius Kubilius (1956), and Skirgaila (1354). After her are Leo Jogiches (1867), Augustinas Voldemaras (1883), Gediminas Kirkilas (1951), Jonas Basanavičius (1851), Antoni Radziwiłł (1775), and Aleksandras Stulginskis (1885).