Birutė

This article is about the grand duchess. For the given name, see Biruta (given name). For other uses, see Birutė (disambiguation).
Birutė
Imaginary artistic depiction of Birutė from the 19th century
Grand Duchess of Lithuania
Tenure1349  – 1382
Bornc. 1330 (1330)
near Palanga
Died1382 (1383) (aged about 52)
Burial
Palanga
SpouseKęstutis
Issue
ReligionLithuanian polytheism

Birutė (c. 1330 – 1382) was the Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Kęstutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and mother of Vytautas the Great. There is very little known about Birutė's life, but after her death a cult worshiping her developed among Lithuanians, especially in Samogitia.

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