Gedvydas or
Edivid (believed to have died ca. 1253) was one of the sons of
Dausprungas and nephews of
King of Lithuania Mindaugas. Gedvydas together with his brother
Tautvilas and uncle
Vykintas waged a civil war against Mindaugas. Gedvydas' brother and uncle were more active and Gedvydas played just a secondary role in the conflict. The war resulted in
coronation of Mindaugas.
In 1248, Mindaugas sent Tautvilas, Gedvydas, and Vykintas to conquer
Smolensk promising that they could keep what they would conquer. On the
Protva River they defeated Duke of
Moscow but near
Zubtsov lost to the Duke of
Vladimir-Suzdal. After discovering about the failure, Mindaugas took their land and property for himself. At the beginning of 1249, Tautvilas, Gedvydas, and Vykintas fled to
Daniel of Halych, who was married to Gedvydas' sister. They formed a powerful coalition with the
Samogitians, the
Livonian Order, and Vasilko of
Volhynia in opposition to Mindaugas. An internal war erupted. Daniel and the Livonian Order organized several military campaigns into Mindaugas lands.
The Livonian Order became an ally of Mindaugas after he agreed to baptize. In 1251, the remaining allies attacked Mindaugas in
Voruta, but the attack failed. Tautvilas' and Gedvydas' forces retreated to defend themselves in Vykintas castle in the present-day
Rietavas municipality. Neither side seems to have won. Vykintas died in or about 1253, and Gedvydas was forced to flee to
Halych. There he helped Daniel in an unsuccessful campaign against
Bohemia. This is the last mention of Gedvydas in written sources, and historians assume he perished in the battle.