Gediminids

The origin of Gediminas himself is much debated. Some sources say he was Vytenis' ostler, others that he was of peasant stock. Some historians consider him as the son or grandson of Lithuanian or Yatvingian king/duke Skalmantas. Most scholars agree, however, that Gediminas was Vytenis' brother (the parentage of Vytenis is explained differently in various fake genealogies, compiled from the 16th century onwards; according to the latest Polish research, his parentage cannot be established). ==Confirmed Gediminid rulers==

Overlapping years mean coregency or anti-rule: • Gediminas (1316–1341) • Jaunutis (1341–1345) • Algirdas (1345–1377) • Jogaila (1377–1434) • Kęstutis (1381–1382) • Vytautas (1401–1430) • Švitrigaila (1430–1432) • Sigismund Kęstutaitis (1432–1440) • Władysław (1434–1444) • Casimir (1440–1492) • Alexander (1492–1506) • Sigismund I the Old (1506–1548) • Sigismund II Augustus (1529–1572) • Anna (1575–1586) – elective == Branches of the dynasty ==

The Eastern Orthodox branches of the family were initially Ruthenized to some extent. The majority of these families (e.g., Czartoryski) soon converted to Roman Catholicism and became Polonized. Others (e. g. the Golitsyns (Galitzine), Kurakins and Trubetskoys) moved to Muscovy, became thoroughly Russified and are among the princely families of Russia. In Poland, some Gediminid families (such as Olelkowicz-Słucki, Wiśniowiecki, Zbaraski) are extinct, but others survive to the present: Chowański, Czartoryski, Sanguszko, Siesicki (Dowmont-Siesicki, Szeszycki), and Koriatowicz-Kurcewicz.. The Russian Gediminid families include Bulgakov, Golitsyns, Kurakins, Khovansks, Trubetzkoy, Mstislavsky, Belsky, and Volynsky. Some of these families also survive, as of 2020. ==Gediminid descendants==

I. The descendants of *Bujwid Vytianis Rex. King Lithuania. • Dukes Prince of Bujwid I. The descendants of Narimantas: • Dukes of (faded at the end of the 15th century) • Dukes of • Dukes of • Dukes of • Dukes of • Dukes of • Dukes of Golitsyn • Dukes of Kurakin • Dukes of • Dukes of • Dukes of Korecki • Dukes of II. The descendants of Algirdas: • Duke Andrei of Polotsk • Dukes of • Dukes of • Dmitrijus Algirdaitis • Dukes of Trubetskoy (Trubchevsk) • • Dukes of Czartoryski • Vladimiras Algirdaitis • Olelkaičiai (descendants of Aleksandras Olelka) • Dukes of (faded at the end of the 16th century) • Dukes of Belsky • The descendants of Kaributas • Dukes of • Dukes of Wiśniowiecki • Dukes of • Dukes of • Dukes of • The descendants of • Dukes of • Dukes of Kobryn • Dukes of Sanguszko • The Jagiellons • The descendants of Lengvenis • Dukes of Mstislavsky III. The descendants of Kęstutis • Patrikas Kęstutaitis • Vaidotas Kęstutaitis • Butautas Kęstutaitis • Vytautas the Great • Tautvilas Kęstutaitis • Žygimantas Kęstutaitis IV. The descendants of Jaunutis: • Dukes of Zaslavsky • Dukes of Mstislavsky V. The descendants of Liubartas (faded in the first half of the 15th century) VI. , descended from Karijotas • Dukes of Podilskyi (nobility) • Dukes of ==Family tree==