Birutė

Birutė
Imaginary artistic depiction of Birutė from the 19th century
Grand Duchess of Lithuania
Tenure1349  – 1382
Bornc.1330
near Palanga
Died1382
Burial
Palanga
SpouseKęstutis
IssueVytautas
Sigismund Kęstutaitis
Danutė of Lithuania
ReligionLithuanian polytheism

Birutė (died 1382) was the Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Kęstutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and mother of Vytautas the Great. There is very little known about Birutė's life, but after her death a cult worshiping her developed among Lithuanians, especially in Samogitia.