Ruler · 1261 – 1296

Butvydas

Lived 1261 – 1296. Grand Duke of Lithuania of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 1292 – 1296; also in the line of Duchy of Lithuania.

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Lived: 1261 – 1296; 35 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Grand Duke of Lithuania

Grand Duchy of Lithuania · the 7th of 16 dated reigns · 1236 – 1763

3 before

Shvarn1267 – 1269

Traidenis1269 – 1282

Butigeidis1282 – 1292

Butvydas1292 – 1296

Vytenis1295 – 1316

Jaunutis1341 – 1345

Algirdas1345 – 1377

6 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1292 – 1296 · 4 years · came to it aged 31

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1296, the year they died

Also in the line of Duchy of Lithuania (7th of 14).

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