Gediminids
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The House of Gediminas, or simply the Gediminids, were a dynasty of monarchs in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that reigned from the 14th to the 16th century. A cadet branch of this family, known as the
The Gediminid symbol in Rambynas Hill, Lithuania
House of Golitsyn
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The House of Golitsyn is the second largest and noblest Princely house in Russia. Among its members were voivodes, landlords, knyazes, knights, diplomats, Prime Ministers, admirals, stewards, State Co
Gediminids
…Ruthenized to some extent. The majority of these families (e.g., Czartoryski) soon converted to Roman Catholicism and became Polonized. Others (e. g. the Golitsyns (Galitzine), Kurakins and Trubetskoys) moved to Muscovy, became thoroughly Russified and are among the princely families of Russia. In Poland, some…
Vasily Golitsyn. The Velvet Book was an official register of genealogies of Russia's most illustrious families (Russian nobility).
Golitsyn Palace in Gaspra (Crimea)
Dubrovitsy Estate
Vyazyomy Manor