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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: 1341 births, 1341 by country, 1341 crimes, 1341 deaths, 1341 establishments, 1341 in Europe, Gediminas, Andronikos III Palaiologos, Uzbeg Khan, Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, Bolko II of Zi bice, Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, Martha of Denmark, Tr n Hi n Tong, Eleanor of Anjou, Queen of Sicily, Wat Tyler, Fifth Council of Constantinople, Roger Utlagh, John III, Duke of Brittany, Richard Folville, Juliana Falconieri, Mladen II ubi of Bribir, Alicia of Majorca, Leo IV, King of Armenia, List of state leaders in 1341, Margaret of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria, Jean de Vienne, Frederick III the Simple, John II, Duke of Bavaria, Louis of Evreux, Duke of Durazzo, Bonne of Bourbon, Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse, Petrus Filipsson, Trojden I, Duke of Masovia, Dietrich von Altenburg, Al-Wathiq I, Simon I of Isenburg-Kempenich, 1341 in Ireland, Florence Charterhouse, Janis aw I, Nicholas I Sanudo, Santa Fe Abbey, Jeanne de Bretagne, Heiress Maria of the Duchies of Galicia, Hugh of Vaucemain, Qu You, Omar I of the Maldives, Saif ad-Din Abu-Bakr, Nanker, Maghan, Nij Morotada. Excerpt: Gediminas (ca. 1275 - 1341) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1315 or 1316 until his death. He is credited with founding this political entity and expanding its territory which, at the time of his death, spanned the area ranging from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea. Also seen as one of the most significant individuals in early Lithuanian history, he was responsible for both erecting the capital of Lithuania, and the establishment of a dynasty that can be traced to other European monarchies such as Poland, Hungary and Bohemia. As part of his legacy, he obtained a reputation of being an inveterate pagan who diverted attempts in Christianizing his country to a political benefit against his enemies, after negotiations with the Pope and...
