Vladimir of Kiev was born circa 1330 to Algirdas (1296-1377) and Maria Yaroslavna of Vitebsk (c1300-c1348) and died 1398 in Kiev, Ukraine of unspecified causes. Ancestors are from Lithuania, Belarus.

Vladimir Olgierdovich (Belarusian: Уладзімер Альгердавіч, Lithuanian: Vladimiras Algirdaitis, Ukrainian: Володимир Ольгердович| Polish: Włodzimierz Olgierdowic; died after 1398) was a son of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his first wife Maria of Vitebsk (?-b1349). He was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1362 to 1394. His sons Ivan and Aleksandr started the Belsky and Olelkovich families.

After the battle of Blue Waters in 1362, the Principality of Kiev fell permanently into the hands of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It is believed that Vladimir was installed in Kiev right after the battle and replaced Fyodor of Kiev.[1] Vladimir conducted independent politics and minted his own coins.[2] Initially the coins were heavily influenced by the numismatic traditions of the Golden Horde and copied symbolism from coins minted by Khans Jani Beg and Muhammad Bolak.[3] However, later the coins replaced the Tatar symbols (i.e. tamga) with letter K (for Kiev) and a cross (for Eastern Orthodox faith). This could indicate that for a while the Principality still had to pay tribute to the Horde.[4] These were the first coins minted in the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[3]

In late 1384, Vladimir's troops detained Dionysius I, Metropolitan of Moscow, who died in captivity a year later.[5] This was part of the power struggle between Dionysius, Pimen, and Cyprian for the title of Metropolitan of Moscow.

When Jogaila became King of Poland in 1386, Vladimir swore loyalty to him. After the 1392 Ostrów Agreement, Vytautas became the Grand Duke of Lithuania and began to eliminate regional dukes replacing them with appointed regents.[2] This campaign could have been launched to discipline disloyal dukes, but turned into a systematic effort to centralize the state. In 1393, Vytautas confiscated Volodymyr-Volynskyi from Fyodor, son of Liubartas, Novhorod-Siverskyi from Kaributas, Vitebsk from Švitrigaila.[2] In 1394, Vytautas and Skirgaila marched against Vladimir, who surrendered without a battle. Skirgaila was installed in Kiev while Vladimir received the Duchy of SlutskKapyl. Vladimir was last mentioned in written sources in October 1398.


  2. ^ a b c (Lithuanian) Petrauskas, Rimvydas; Jūratė Kiaupienė (2009). Lietuvos istorija. Nauji horizontai: dinastija, visoumenė, valstybė. IV. Baltos lankos. pp. 373–374. ISBN 978-9955-23-239-1. 
  3. ^ a b (Lithuanian) Sajauskas, Stanislovas (2004). "Pirmųjų Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės monetų ypatybės". Pinigų studijos: 83–84. ISSN 1392-2637. 
  4. ^ (Lithuanian) Karys, Jonas K. (September 1964). "Išskiriamieji ženklai Lietuviškoje numizmatikoje". Aidai (7). ISSN 0002-208X. 
  5. ^ Shubin, Daniel H. (2004). A history of Russian Christianity. 1. Algora Publishing. p. 111. ISBN 0875862896. 


Offspring of Vladimir of Kiev and Anna NN
Name Birth Death Joined with
Anastasiya Vladimirovna (c1367-1396) 1367 1396 Vasili Mikhailovich III (1364-1426)

Ivan Vladimirovich Olgierdovich Byelsky (c1380-1446) 1400 1446 Vasilisa Andreyevna Golshanskaya (c1405-1484)

Aleksandr Vladimirovich of Kiev (1390-1454) 9999 Kiev, Ukraine Anastasia Vasilyevna of Moscow (c1398-1470)

Andrei Vladimirovich (c1405-1457)


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