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2017.08.14 17:59
Medieval Lithuanian princesses in foreign countries – diplomacy of men and stories of women
![GDL Grand Duke Aleksandras and his wife Elena](https://images.delfi.lt/media-api-image-cropper/v1/05ef4ca0-7965-11ed-9275-cbd3a139dd23.jpg?noup&w=1200&h=711&fx=0.5&fy=0.25)
GDL Grand Duke Aleksandras and his wife Elena
Around 1250, with the help of great military and diplomatic efforts Mindaugas managed to dissolve a union that posed a serious threat to his power. During political negotiations Mindaugas’ daughter of unknown name was engaged, and later she was married off to Švarnas, a son of Duke Daniel of Galitch-Voluin who was one of the greatest rivals to the Lithuanian King in the region. That was the first marriage of the family of the Lithuanian Rulers, which can be called interdynastic.