PrincessUliana Olshanska (Lithuanian:Julijona Alšėniškė orJulijona Vytautienė,Polish:Julianna Holszańska; d. 1448) was a noblewoman from theAlšėniškiai family and theGrand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife ofVytautas,Grand Duke of Lithuania.[2] They had no issue.[2] Very little is known about Uliana's life.
| Uliana Olshanska | |
|---|---|
| Grand Duchess of Lithuania | |
| Tenure | 1418 – 27 October 1430 |
| Died | 1448 |
| Spouses | Vytautas |
| House | Olshanski |
| Father | Ivan Olshansky |
| Mother | Agripina[1] |
Her first husband was Ivan ofKarachev. German chronicle ofJohann von Posilge[1] and Polish historianJan Długosz asserted that Ivan was murdered so that widowed Uliana could marry Vytautas.[3] Most likely she was anEastern Orthodox who converted to Catholicism in order to marry Vytautas.[1]
After the death of hisfirst wife Anna on 31 July 1418, Vytautas wished to marry Uliana, daughter of one of his closest alliesIvan Olshansky. However, Anna was sister of Agripina, who was wife of Ivan and mother of Uliana.[4] That made Vytautas uncle-in-law of Uliana.Piotr Krakowczyk,Bishop of Vilnius, refused to perform the wedding ceremony due to this relationship and demanded they seek approval from the pope.Jan Kropidło,Bishop of Włocławek, performed the ceremony before Christmas 1418[1] and, eventually, Vytautas obtained amatrimonial dispensation fromPope Martin V.[5]
It appears that the marriage was a loving one, but they had no children. Vytautas died in October 1430. Uliana died in 1448.[6][7][8][9]
According to historian Ignas Jonynas Uliana's further life is unknown.[1]
Following her death, she was buried at theKyiv Pechersk Lavra.[10]
References
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- ^abGudavičius, Edvardas."Julijona".Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved25 January 2025.
- ^Rowell, S. C. (Spring 1994). "Pious Princesses or Daughters of Belial: Pagan Lithuanian Dynastic Diplomacy, 1279–1423".Medieval Prosopography.15 (1): 33.ISSN 0198-9405.
- ^Spečiūnas, Vytautas, ed. (2005).Gediminaičiai: enciklopedinis žinynas (in Lithuanian). Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. p. 114.ISBN 9785420015582.
- ^Petrauskas, Rimvydas;Kiaupienė, Jūratė (2009).Lietuvos istorija. Nauji horizontai: dinastija, visoumenė, valstybė (in Lithuanian). Vol. IV.Baltos lankos. p. 248.ISBN 978-9955-23-239-1.
- ^Adam Honory Kirkor: Groby wielkoksiążęce i królewskie w Wilnie. 1882, p. 24.
- ^Marceli Kosman: Wielki książę Witold. Warszawa 1967, p. 272.
- ^Tęgowski, Jan (1995). "Małżeństwa księcia Witolda Kiejstutowicza".Rocznik Polskiego Towarzystwa Heraldycznego Heraldycznego (in Polish).2 (13): 182.ISSN 1230-803X.
- ^Handbuch der Geschichte Weißrußlands / Hrsg. von Dietrich Beyrau und Rainer Lindner, Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2001, p. 521.
- ^"Kijevo Pečorų lauros vienuolyno kompleksas".Valstybinė kultūros paveldo komisija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved25 January 2025.
Uliana Olshanska Died: After 1430 | ||
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| Preceded by | Grand Duchess of Lithuania 1418–1430 | Succeeded by |