1341 Deaths - Gediminas, Andronikos III Palaiologos, Uzbeg Khan, Bolko II of Zi Bice, Tr N Hi N Tong, Martha of Denmark, Eleanor of Anjou (Paperback)

Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Gediminas, Andronikos Iii Palaiologos, Uzbeg Khan, Bolko Ii of Zi bice, Tr n Hi n Tong, Martha of Denmark, Eleanor of Anjou, Richard Folville, Juliana Falconieri, Leo Iv, King of Armenia, Mladen Ii ubi of Bribir, Margaret of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria, John Iii, Duke of Brittany, Petrus Filipsson, Trojden I of Masovia, Dietrich Von Altenburg, Janis aw I, Nicholas I Sanudo, Heiress Maria of the Duchies of Galicia, Hugh of Vaucemain, Omar I of the Maldives, Saif Ad-Din Abu-Bakr, Nanker, Maghan, Nij Morotada, Al-Wathiq I. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Gediminas (ca. 1275 winter 1341) was the ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 13161341. He is credited with founding this political entity and expanding its territory. As part of his legacy he obtained a reputation of being an inveterate pagan who fiercely resisted all attempts to Christianize his country, although the matter has been debated from different perspectives. Gediminas' normal Latin style is as follows: Which translates as: In his letters to the papacy in 1322 and 1323, he adds Princeps et Duke Semigallie (Prince and Duke of Semigallia). In contemporary Low German he is styled simply Koningh van Lettowen, mirroring the Latin Rex Lethowye (both "King of Lithuania"). Gediminas' right to use Latin rex, which the papacy had been claiming the right to grant from the 13th century, was controversial in some Catholic sources. So for instance he was called rex sive dux ("King or Duke") by one source; Pope John XXII, in a letter to the King of France, refers to Gediminas as "the one who calls himself rex"; however the pope did call Gediminas rex when addressing him (regem sive ducem, "king or duke"). Gediminas Tower named after the founder of Vilnius, although it was built considerably lat...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=39160