Jewna

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Gediminas castle in Lida

Jewna (Lithuanian: Jaunė, literally, young woman); born ca. 1280 in Polatsk — died in 1344) was the Grand Princess of Lithuania, Ruthenia and Samogitia (1316 – 1341), daughter of Prince Ivan of Polatsk, wife of Gediminas and the ancestress of Gediminids.

In the Bykhovets Chronicle it is mentioned that after Jewna's death Algirdas and Kęstutis became displeased with Jaunutis and his rule. This led some historians to believe that weak Jaunutis was protected by his mother.

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Parents

Ivan of Polatsk
Mother unknown

Husband

Gediminas (born ca. 1275 - died in winter of 1341 in Veliuona), Grand Prince of Lithuania, King of Lithuanians and Ruthenians (1316 – 1341)

Sons

Manvydas (ca. 1288 – ca. 1342), Prince of Kernavė and Slonim
Narymunt (baptized Gleb; ca. 1295 – 2 February 1348), Prince of Pinsk (until 1348), Polock, Black Ruthenia
Algirdas (ca. 1296 – end of May 1377), Grand Prince of Lithuania (1345 – 1377)
Jaunutis (baptized Iwan; ca. 1300 – after 1366), Grand Prince of Lithuania (1341 – 1345, Prince of Duchy of Zasłaŭje (1346 – 1366)
Kęstutis (1297 – 15 August 1382 in Kreva), Prince of Trakai, Grand Prince of Lithuania (1381 – 1382)
Koriat (baptized Michal; ca. 1300 – ca. 1362), Prince of Navahradak (1341 – 1347)
Lubart (baptized Dymitr; ca. 1300 – 1384), Prince of Polock (until 1342), Wlodzimierz, Luck (1340 – 138?), Volynia (1340 – 1349, 1350 – 1366, 1371 – 1383), King of Galicia (1340 – 1349)

Daughters

Maria (ca. 1300 – 1349), Princess of Lithuania
Aldona (baptized Anna; after 1309 – 26 May 1339), Princess of Lithuania, Queen of Poland (1333 – 1339)
Damilla (baptized Elzbieta; died in 1364), Princess of Płock
Eufemia (died on 5 February 1342), Princess of Halicz and Wlodzimierz-Halicz
Augusta (baptized Anastazja; died on 11 March 1345), Grand Princess of Vladimir-Moscow