Aigusta Anastasia of Lithuania explained

Aigusta Anastasia of Lithuania
Succession:Princess consort of Moscow
Reign:1341 – 11 March 1345
Death Date:11 March 1345
Burial Place:Moscow Kremlin
Consort:yes
Spouse:Simeon of Moscow
Issue:Vasily
Konstantin
Vasilisa
Full Name:Anastasia Gediminova
Russian: Анастасия Гедиминовна
House:Gediminids
Father:Gediminas of Lithuania

Aigusta Anastasia of Lithuania (Russian: Анастасия Гедиминовна|Anastasiya Gediminovna; – 1345) was the princess of Moscow during her marriage to Simeon, the grand prince of Vladimir and prince of Moscow.[1] Most likely she was the daughter of Gediminas, the grand duke of Lithuania.[1]

Life

There is no direct evidence that she was a daughter of Gediminas, but because of her high-profile marriage, most historians have concluded that she was a member of Gediminas' family.[2] She was born probably between 1316 and 1321.[3]

Aigusta was baptized as Anastasia in order to marry Simeon of Moscow in November or December 1333.[3] The marriage had great potential because Lithuania and Moscow were fierce rivals for supremacy in Ruthenia, but conflicts broke out again in 1335, just two years after the marriage.[4]

Her two sons Vasily and Konstantin did not survive infancy; her daughter Vasilisa in 1350 married Mikhail Vasilevich of Kashin, a Tverite prince opposing Lithuania.[5] Her brother Jaunutis sought her help when he was deposed by Algirdas in 1345. Immediately before her death on March 11, 1345, Augusta became a nun. She was buried within the Moscow Kremlin at a monastic church whose construction she had sponsored.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gudavičius . Edvardas . Edvardas Gudavičius . Aigustė . . 29 April 2023.
  2. Encyclopedia: Jonynas . Ignas . Vaclovas Biržiška . Lietuviškoji enciklopedija . Aigustė . 1933 . Spaudos Fondas . I . Kaunas . 112. lt.
  3. Book: Tęgowski, Jan . Pierwsze pokolenia Giedyminowiczów . Wydawnictwo Historyczne . Poznań-Wrocław . 1999 . 8391356310 . 251.
  4. Book: Rowell, S. C. . Lithuania Ascending: A Pagan Empire Within East-Central Europe, 1295–1345 . 89–93 . 1994 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series. 978-0-521-45011-9 .
  5. S. C. . Rowell . Pious Princesses or Daughters of Belial: Pagan Lithuanian Dynastic Diplomacy, 1279–1423 . 39–40 . Spring 1994 . Medieval Prosopography . 15 . 1 . 0198-9405 .