Birutė

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Birutė was a 14th-century Lithuanian noblewoman, traditionally regarded as a priestess from Samogitia and best known as the wife of Grand Duke Kęstutis and the mother of Vytautas the Great.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Birutė canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lithuanian noble ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
mythologized person ⓘ
noblewoman ⓘ
associatedWith Palanga ⓘ
Samogitian priestess tradition ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 14th century ⓘ
child Danutė of Lithuania ⓘ
Rimgailė ⓘ
Tautvilas Kęstutaitis ⓘ
Vytautas the Great ⓘ
Zygimantas Kęstutaitis ⓘ
commemoratedIn Lithuanian historical tradition ⓘ
Lithuanian literature ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
culture Lithuanian ⓘ
ethnicGroup Lithuanians ⓘ
featuredIn Lithuanian folklore ⓘ
Lithuanian legends ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Birutė ⓘ
hasLegend cult of Birutė in Palanga ⓘ
historicity partly legendary ⓘ
influenced Lithuanian national romanticism ⓘ
languageOfName Lithuanian ⓘ
memorializedBy Birutė Hill in Palanga ⓘ
Birutė Park in Palanga ⓘ
motherOf Vytautas the Great ⓘ
nameDay June 1 ⓘ
notableFamily House of Kęstutis ⓘ
notableFor being mother of Vytautas the Great ⓘ
being wife of Grand Duke Kęstutis ⓘ
role in Lithuanian pagan traditions ⓘ
occupation noblewoman ⓘ
priestess ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Samogitia ⓘ
positionHeldBySpouse Grand Duke of Lithuania ⓘ
regionAssociated Samogitia ⓘ
Trakai ⓘ
religion Baltic paganism ⓘ
spouse Kęstutis ⓘ
spouseTitle Grand Duchess of Lithuania ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vytautas the Great → mother → Birutė ⓘ
Birutė → givenName → Birutė ⓘ
Kęstutis → spouse → Birutė ⓘ