List of lithuanian grand dukes

This is a list of Lithuanian monarchs who ruled Lithuania from its inception until the fall of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1795.

House of Mindaugas

Ruler Portrait Reign Spouse Facts Lifespan
Mindaugas
1236-12 September 1263 Unknown 2 children

Morta 3 children

The first and only king of Lithuania c.1203-12 September 1263
Treniota
12 September 1263-1264 Unknown Duke of Samogitia from 1253-1263 c.1210-1264
Vaišvilkas
1264-18 April 1267 Never married He founded a Monastery on the bank of Neman and entered it as a monk. 1223-18 April 1267
Traidenis
1269-Spring 1282 Anna of Masovia 1 child Killed 3 Grand masters of the Teutonic Order. c.1220-Spring 1282
Domonic
Spring 1282-20 May 1299 Unknown 1 child Prince of Pskov from 1266-1282 1240-20 May 1299
David
20 May 1299-March 1326 One of the most famous Lithuanian military commanders ?-March 1326

House of Monomakh

Name Portrait Reign Spouse Facts Lifespan
Shawn
18 April 1267-1269 Sister of Vaišvilkas Son of Daniel of Galicia c.1230-1269

House of Gediminas

Name Portrait Reign Spouse Facts Lifespan
Gediminas
March 1326-1341 Jaunė 13 children Founded of the capital Vilnius 1275-1341
Jaunutis
1341-1345 Unknown 3 children Duke of Zaslawye from 1345-1366 c.1300-1366
Algirdas
1345-24 May 1377 Maria of Vitebsk 6 children

Uliana of Tver 8 children

Brother of Jaunutis 1296-24 May 1377
Kęstutis
August 1381-9 August 1382 Birutė 9 children Duke of Trakai from 1342-1382 1297-9 August 1382
Vytautas the Great
9 August 1382-27 October 1430 Anna of Lithuania 1 child

Uliana Olshanski childless

Victory at Battle of Grunwald c.1350-27 October 1430
Švitrigaila
27 October 1430-8 December 1432 Anna of Tver 1 child Killed in Battle of Ashmyany c.1360-8 December 1432
Sigismund I
30 September 1432-20 March 1440 Unknown 1 child Prince of Veliky Novgorod 1365-20 March 1440
Michael I
20 March 1440-February 1452 Euphemia of Warsaw childless

Catherine of Masovia childless

Son of Sigismund I 1406-February 1452

House of Olelkovich

Name Portrait Reign Spouse Facts Lifespan
Alexander

(Disputed)

February 1452-1454 Anastasia Vasilievna Prince of Kiev ?-1454

House of Jagiellon

Name Portrait Reign Spouse Facts Lifespan
Jogaila
24 May 1377-August 1381 Jadwiga of Hungary 1 child

Anna of Celje 1 child Elisabeth Granowska childless Sophia Alšėniškiai 3 children

Founded the Jagiellon dynasty 1352-1 June 1434
Casimir
February 1452-7 June 1492 Elisabeth II of Poland 13 children Co-ruler of Poland (1457-1492) 30 November 1427-7 June 1492
Alexander
7 June 1492-19 August 1506 Helena of Moscow childless King of Poland (1501-1506) 5 August 1461-19 August 1506
Sigismund the Old
19 August 1506-1 April 1548 Barbara Zápolya 2 children

Bona of Milan 6 children

Duke of Głogówek from 1499 and Opava from 1501 before ascending to the throne 1 January 1467-1 April 1548
Sigismund III Augustus
18 November 1529-7 July 1572 Elisabeth of Hungary and Bohemia childless

Barbara Radziwiłł childless Catherine of Austria childless

United Poland and Lithuania into a single country 1 August 1520-7 July 1572

House of Báthory

Name Portrait Reign Spouse Facts Lifespan
Stephen
7 July 1572-12 December 1586 Anna Jagiellon childless King of Transylvania 27 September 1533-12 December 1586

House of Habsburg

Name Portrait Reign Spouse Facts Lifespan
Maximilian
January 1587-9 March 1589 Archduke of Austria 12 October 1558-2 November 1618

House of Vasa

Name Portrait Reign Spouse Facts Lifespan
Sigismund IV
27 December 1586-30 April 1632 Anne of Austria 5 children

Constance of Austria 7 children

King of Sweden from 1592-1599 20 June 1566-30 April 1632
Wladyslaw
30 April 1632-20 May 1648 Cecila Renata of Austria 3 children

Marie Louise of Mantua childless

Tsar of Russia from 1610-1613 9 June 1595-20 May 1648
John I Casimir
20 May 1648-16 September 1668 Marie Louise Gonzaga 2 children

Claudine Françoise Mignot 1 child

22 March 1609-16 December 1672

House of Wiśniowiecki

Name Portrait Reign Spouse Facts Lifespan
Michael II
29 September 1668-10 November 1673 Elonore Maria of Austria stillborn son Great grandson of Ieremia of Moldavia 31 May 1640-10 November 1673

House of Sobieski

Name Portrait Reign Spouse Facts Lifespan
John II
10 November 1673-17 June 1696 Marie Casimire d'Arquien 13 children Known for the Battle of Vienna 17 August 1629-17 June 1696

House of Bourbon

Name Portrait Reign Spouse Facts Lifespan
François
July 1696-22 February 1709 Marie Thérèse of Condé 7 children 30 April 1664-22 February 1709

House of Leszczyński

Name Portrait Reign Spouse Facts Lifespan
Stanislaw I
22 February 1709-23 February 1766 Catherine Opalińska 2 children 20 October 1677-23 February 1766

House of Poniatowski

Name Portrait Reign Spouse Facts Lifespan
Stanisław II August
23 February 1766-25 November 1795 Never married, had illegitimate children Last monarch 17 January 1732-12 February 1798