Aldona of Lithuania (d. 1339)
Aldona of Lithuania (d. 1339)
Polish royal. Name variations: Anna of Lithuania; Anna Aldona. Died 1339; dau. of Gediminas, duke of Lithuania; became 1st wife of Kazimierz also known as Casimir III the Great, king of Poland (r. 1333–1370), 1325; children: possibly Elizabeth of Poland (d. 1361); possibly Cunegunde (d. 1357, who m. Louis VI the Roman, duke of Bavaria); possibly Anna.
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