Antavaitis Dynasty

The Antavaitis Dynasty were a Lithuanian noble dynasty founded in Yatvingia by their namesake ruler Antavas.

History
The Antavaiciai emerged in ancient Lithuania in the 760's as local lords, originating with Antavas lowborn who would go on to found the dynasty. Having killed the former ruler of the region in cold blood during a duel for leadership of the Yatvingia tribe Antavas was appointed the tribe's new leader leading to a brief period of consolidation in the small tribal lands he ruled. Antavas would go on to found the Lithuanian state, conquering the independent Chiefdoms of Lithuania, Estonia, Novgorod and parts of Pomerania before reforming the Romuva faith into a structured and codified religion with him as the head.

Antavas' son Antavas II would take over the Kingdom in 818AD leading to several successful invasions of parts of Poland and Pomerania but failing to successfully defeat the Hungarians in the Kingdom of Ruthenia. Due to his father's long reign Antavas the Younger would rule for a short period of fourteen years before the throne would be passed to his third son Antavas following a brief succession crisis and the death of his eldest son Songalia.

Dynastic Heads

 * Antavas
 * Antavas II
 * Antavas III
 * Svarnas I
 * Gediminas I
 * Butavas I
 * Kantibutas I
 * Irmantas I
 * Kantibutas II

Notable Members

 * Ota Otasid