Trakų vaivadijos genezė
The genesis of the vóivòde district of Trakai

Summary/Abstract: The present article is aimed at an analysis of political – administrative structures in Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The Dukes Stakys and Živinbudas, mentioned in a source before the Grand Duke of Lithuania, could have been brothers. Their patrimonial estates were Lithuania (proper mean) and Kernavė. Terra Lithuania (in proper mean) was the patrimony of Mindaugas. Later Kernavė was the domain of Traidenis. Irrefutable is Mindaugas’ relationship with Stakys and Traidenis’ relationship with Živinbudas. When Mindaugas’ family died out, the rule of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was in the hands of Mindaugas’ relatives at least until 1285. The domain of Gediminaičiai was Mindaugas’ and Traidenis’ domains.

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