Meilė ir politika. Traidenis tekina dukrą
Love and politics. Traidenis Marries Off His Daughter

Summary/Abstract: During the reign of Traidenis, the Grand Duke of Lithuania (1268–1282), the relationship between Lithuania and Masovia, then an important Polish principality, became ever more strong. A new turn in the politics was manifested by the then usual act of establishing a marriage alliance: in 1279 the daughter of Traidenis was given in marriage to one of the two Masovian princely sons, Boleslaw II. This article attempts to give an answer to the questions why and how the closer political relations came to be established between the Masovian dukes and Lithuania. The answer is provided by taking into consideration the different politico-military camps and their activities within Polish principalities and Halich-Volhyn’, in which Lithuania was also involved. The investigation of the circumstances of the marriage allows to make a conclusion that the marriage of Traidenis’s daughter was [...]

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