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Mindaugas

1203 - 1263

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Mindaugas (German: Myndowen, Latin: Mindowe, Old East Slavic: Мендог, romanized: Mendog, Belarusian: Міндоўг, romanized: Mindowh, Polish: Mendog; c. 1203 – 12 September 1263) was the first known grand duke of Lithuania and the only crowned king of Lithuania. Little is known of his origins, early life, or rise to power; he is mentioned in a 1219 treaty as an elder duke, and in 1236 as the leader of all the Lithuanians. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mindaugas has received more than 592,984 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. Mindaugas is the 1,146th most popular politician (down from 889th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 4th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Lithuanian Politician.

Mindaugas was most famous for his victory over the Livonian Order, which led to the creation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mindaugas ranks 1,146 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Taizu of Song, U Thant, John III of Portugal, Aristides, James II of England, and Dolores Ibárruri. After him are Theophilos, Baldur von Schirach, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Getúlio Vargas, Möngke Khan, and Xianfeng Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1203, Mindaugas ranks 1. After him are Zakariya al-Qazwini, Peter II, Count of Savoy, Abu Zakariya Yahya, Bartholomeus Anglicus, and Abu Shama. Among people deceased in 1263, Mindaugas ranks 2. Before him is Alexander Nevsky. After him are Haakon IV of Norway, Manuel I of Trebizond, Shinran, Boniface, Count of Savoy, and Guy I de la Roche.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Mindaugas ranks 6 out of 328. Before him are Józef Piłsudski (1867), Władysław II Jagiełło (1362), Vytautas (1352), Gediminas (1275), and Czesław Miłosz (1911). After him are Emmanuel Levinas (1906), Hermann Minkowski (1864), Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858), Emma Goldman (1869), Algirdas (1296), and Pyotr Wrangel (1878).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lithuania

Among politicians born in Lithuania, Mindaugas ranks 5. Before him are Józef Piłsudski (1867), Władysław II Jagiełło (1362), Vytautas (1352), and Gediminas (1275). After him are Algirdas (1296), Kęstutis (1297), Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956), Valdas Adamkus (1926), Antanas Smetona (1874), Hacı I Giray (1397), and Vytautas Landsbergis (1932).

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