State · 1250 – 1413
Duchy of Lithuania
A state of 1250 – 1413 — 163 years in Europe. It was replaced by Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Its line of rulers holds 14 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 163 years
- 1250 – 1413
- Rulers
- 14
- the Grand Duke of Lithuania
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
After it
- Grand Duchy of Lithuania · replaced by · 1236 – 1795
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treniota | 1263 – 1264 | 1 year | ending not on record | |
| Vaišvilkas | 1264 – 1267 | 3 years | ending not on record | cousin |
| Shvarn | 1267 – 1269 | 2 years | ending not on record | |
| Traidenis | 1269 – 1282 | 13 years | ending not on record | |
| Daumantas | 1282 – 1285 | 3 years | ending not on record | |
| Butigeidis | 1285 – 1290 | 5 years | ending not on record | |
| Butvydas | 1290 – 1295 | 5 years | ending not on record | |
| Vytenis | 1295 – 1316 | 21 years | ending not on record | child |
| Gediminas | 1316 – 1341 | 25 years | ending not on record | sibling |
| Jaunutis | 1341 – 1345 | 4 years | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | child |
| Algirdas | 1345 – 1377 | 32 years | ending not on record | sibling |
| Kęstutis | 1349 – 1351 | 2 years | ending not on record | sibling |
| Władysław II Jagiełło | 1377 – 1392 | 15 years | ending not on record | nephew or niece |
| Vytautas the Great | 1401 – 1401 | under a year | ending not on record | cousin |
14 rulers, 14 with terms dated as terms, covering 1263 – 1401. Median reign 4.5 years. 2 of 13 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood163 years
stood longer than 57% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median5 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 18% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record14
has more rulers on record than 87% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 0 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1234 – 1429, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1332, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q3270263 (CC0) · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.