Olga Vsevolodna

• Preferred Name: Olga Vsevolodna^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
  
• Alternate Name: Olga Vsevolodna Princess of Smolensk
  
• Alternate Name: Eva Ivanovna Polotsk Princess
  
• Alternate Name: Eva Ivanovna
  
• Alternate Name: Eva Ivanovna Princess Polotsk
  
• Alternate Name: Eva Ivanovna of Polotsk
  
• Alternate Name: Anna of_ Smolensk
  
• Alternate Name: Olga Vsevolodna Princess Smolensk Princess
  
• Alternate Name: Eva Ivanovna Princess Of Polotsk
  
• Alternate Name: Giedyminowiczówna
  
• Alternate Name: Eva Ivanovna Princess of Polotsk
  
• Alternate Name: Olga Vsevolodna Smolensk Princess
  
• Alternate Name: Olga Vsevolodna Princess Smolensk
  
• Alternate Name: Eva Ivanova Polotsk Princess of
  
• Alternate Name: Olga Vsevolodna Princess Of Smolensk
  
• Alternate Name: Evna
  
• Alternate Name: Princess of Polotsk
  
• Alternate Name: Olga Vsevolodna
  
• Alternate Name: Jewna Iwanowna Princess of Polock
  
• Gender: F
  
• Burial: 1344
  
• FSID: GZF9-F59
  
• Death: 1344 in Vilnius, Vilniaus, Lithuania at LATI: N4.685 LONG: E5.281 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Birth: 1275 in Lithuania at LATI: N6 LONG: E4 with note: or born: 1278, Litauen
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Jewna (Belarusian: Еўна, Lithuanian: Jaunė, literally, young woman in Lithuanian; died ca. 1344) was daughter of Prince Ivan of Polatsk and wife of Gediminas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania (1316–1341). She is mentioned in written sources only once – the Bychowiec Chronicle, a late and unreliable source. Therefore, some historians cast a serious doubt on her existence, but modern reference works still widely cite her as the ancestress of the Gediminids dynasty.
  
  There are considerable doubts about how many wives Gediminas had. The Bychowiec Chronicle mentions three wives: Vida from Courland, Olga from Smolensk, and Jewna.[1] Some modern historians suggest that Gediminas had two wives, one from local pagan nobles, and Jewna, an Orthodox. S. C. Rowell claims that Gediminas had only one wife, an unknown pagan duchess. He argues that an important marriage to a Ruthenian or Polish princess like Jewna would have been noted in contemporary sources.[2]
  
  The Bychowiec Chronicle mentions that after Jewna's death, brothers Algirdas and Kęstutis became displeased with Jaunutis, whom Gediminas chose as his heir. Soon they deposed Jaunutis. This episode is interpreted that weak Jaunutis was protected by his mother. If such interpretation was accurate, then it would testify the power and influence of queen mother in pagan Lithuania.[3]
  
  References
  
  1. (in Lithuanian) Ivinskis, Zenonas (1953–1966). "Jaunė". Lietuvių enciklopedija. IX. Boston, Massachusetts: Lietuvių enciklopedijos leidykla. p. 335. LCC 55020366.
  
  2. Rowell, S.C. (1994). Lithuania Ascending: A Pagan Empire Within East-Central Europe, 1295-1345. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series. Cambridge University Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-521-45011-9.
  
  3. Rowell, S.C. Lithuania Ascending, p. 282
  
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  === fue su tercera esposa. madre de algirdas ===
  fue su tercera esposa. madre de algirdas
  
  === ?? Line 34: (New PAF RIN=48474) 1 NAME E ===
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  === Line 46853 from GEDCOM File not recogniz ===
  Line 46853 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
  NAME Olga Vsevolodna, Princess Of /SMOLENSK/
  
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. Line 23569 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
  NAME Olga Vsevolodna, Princess Of /SMOLENSK/
  
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === Still Living. ===
  Still Living.
  
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  ! Europasche Stammtafeln neue folge vol 2 tafel 124;
  
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1. Algirdas Gediminid, b. MAY 1296 in Vilnius, Vilniaus, Lithuania     d. 24 MAY 1377 in Vilnius, Vilniaus, Lithuania
2. Karijotas Mykolas Gediminis, b. ABT 1303 in of,Vilna,,Lithuanian     d. 1347

1. Title: Family Search User Submitted History
   Author: "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S5CZ-6HR : accessed 10 June 2018), entry for Olga Vsevolodna /von Smolensk/; file (2:2:2:MM33-PW4), submitted 11 May 2011 by WilhelmKemendics1 [identity withheld for privacy].
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S5CZ-6HR;
   Note: User submitted history detailing the marriage of Gediminas and Olga Vsevolodna.
   Page: This source documents the marriage of Gediminas and Olga Vsevolodna
   
2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Princess Of Smolensk Olga Vsevolodovna -
   Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222795
   
3. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Евна Ивановна Полоцкая -
   Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222795
   
4. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Princess Of Smolensk Olga Vsevolodovna -
   Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222797
   
5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Евна Ивановна Полоцкая -
   Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222797
   
6. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Евна Ивановна Полоцкая - Published information: birth-name: jewna
   Note: Published information: birth-name: jewna Published information: female Published information: birth: about 1278; Lithuania, Soviet Union Published information: death: about 1344; Lithuania, Soviet Union
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3244683678