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List of early Lithuanian dukes

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legend provides genealogy from the 10th century, only few dukes were mentioned by contemporary historical sources. All of them were mentioned in written sources the 13th century. Data about them is extremely scarce and is usually limited to few brief sentences. The primary sources are the
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in 1253, Vykintas, leader of anti-Mindaugas coalition during the civil war in 1248–1251, Bikšys and Ligeikis, both identified as Mindaugas relatives and nobles, mentioned in a document, dated 1260 and sometimes considered a forgery.
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Of the dukes who signed the peace treaty, only four are mentioned in other written sources: Mindaugas, who went on to become the Grand Duke of Lithuania and was crowned as
1024: 1450: 1465: 1460: 1017: 555: 115:– several sources mention that he was a powerful duke, but do not give his name. 16th century genealogies gave him the name of 948: 1445: 516: 41: 1010: 330: 325: 32: 1455: 466: 20: 294: 123: 979: 61: 471: 435: 376: 306: 298: 346: 194: 1241: 45: 1439: 1314: 1277: 1054: 133: 69: 1409: 1291: 952: 951:(in Lithuanian). Regionų kultūrinių iniciatyvų centras. 2006-03-18. Archived from 106: 1208: 1182: 1064: 1039: 528: 148: 24: 974: 1226: 1086: 319: 101: 89: 78: 36: 605: 1323: 1299: 1259: 1159: 1081: 1076: 1070: 751: 550: 395: 173: 163: 155: 94: 82: 28: 1269: 810: 657: 631: 490: 439: 914: 862: 836: 777: 710: 684: 579: 470:. Vol. IV. Boston, Massachusetts: Juozas Kapočius. pp. 500–501. 1401: 1304: 1216: 1172: 1167: 1125: 1059: 186: 179: 141: 888: 122:
The following Lithuanian dukes signed a peace treaty with the rulers of
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Bulionys family (three brothers, all of them killed by Mindaugas)
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Jonynas, Ignas (1937). "Daugirutis". In Vaclovas Biržiška (ed.).
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imprisoned this Lithuanian duke in 1213, where he killed himself.
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Vykintas, one of the early Samogitian dukes, as depicted by
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Butkevičienė, Birutė; Vytautas Gricius (July 2003).
1400: 1382: 1364: 1343: 1322: 1313: 1290: 1268: 1250: 1234: 1225: 1207: 1181: 1158: 1124: 1095: 1047: 1038: 322:– a list of early mythological rulers of Lithuania 464:Simas Sužiedėlis, ed. (1970–1978). "Ringaudas". 440:"Brandieji viduramžiai: II dalis (1183-1283 m.)" 709:Gudavičius, Edvardas; Matulevičius, Algirdas. 77:and was killed in the battle, led by ruler of 1018: 745: 743: 741: 739: 737: 735: 733: 731: 245:(his wife was taken by Mindaugas for himself) 8: 804: 802: 800: 798: 1319: 1231: 1044: 1025: 1011: 1003: 375:(6th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: TERRA. 1424:Mythological or disputed rulers are in 360: 938:Eidintas et al. (2013), pp. 22, 26–28 371:Daugirdaitė-Sruogienė, Vanda (1966). 52:Rulers recorded in historical sources 7: 293:– referred to as a king in the 1009 234:(wife of Plikys, probably a widow) 167:or Viligaila (brother of Daujotas) 14: 973:Baranauskas, Tomas (2002-12-07). 919:Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia 893:Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia 867:Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia 841:Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia 815:Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia 782:Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia 756:Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia 715:Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia 689:Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia 662:Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia 636:Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia 610:Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia 584:Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia 556:Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia 495:Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia 400:Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia 1451:Lithuania politics-related lists 949:"Iškilūs žemaičiai ir jų darbai" 340: 517:"Mindaugas — Lietuvos karalius" 1: 446:(in Lithuanian). Lietuvos.net 42:Chronicle of Henry of Livonia 1466:Medieval Lithuanian nobility 137:(presumably the eldest duke) 331:List of Lithuanian monarchs 93:(Dangerutis, Dangeruthe) – 1482: 422:Lietuviškoji enciklopedija 1461:Middle Ages-related lists 1422: 975:"Kur buvo Lietuvos žemė?" 326:List of Lithuanian rulers 159:(brother of Dausprungas) 33:Grand Duchy of Lithuania 17:Early dukes of Lithuania 260:Rulers of the duchy of 913:Petrauskas, Rimvydas. 887:Gudavičius, Edvardas. 861:Gudavičius, Edvardas. 835:Gudavičius, Edvardas. 809:Gudavičius, Edvardas. 750:Gudavičius, Edvardas. 683:Gudavičius, Edvardas. 630:Gudavičius, Edvardas. 604:Gudavičius, Edvardas. 578:Gudavičius, Edvardas. 489:Petrauskas, Rimvydas. 467:Encyclopedia Lituanica 64: 1446:Monarchs of Lithuania 527:(547). 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Index

Samogitia
Lithuanians
Mindaugas
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Palemonids
Chronicle of Henry of Livonia
Hypatian Codex

Alexander Guagnini
Žvelgaitis
Riga
Semigallia
Vester
Daugirutis
Livonians
Stekšys
Lielvārde
Ryngold
Galicia–Volhynia
Živinbudas
Daujotas
Dausprungas
Mindaugas
Vilikaila
Samogitia
Erdvilas
Vykintas
Ruškaičiai
Deltuva
Annals of Quedlinburg

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