Olelko Vladimirovich

Aleksandras Olelka (; Early 15th century – 1454) was the Duke of Kapyl–Slutsk and subsequently from 1443 was the Prince of Kiev until his death in 1454.

Olelka was a patrilineal member of the Lithuanian ruling dynasty the Gediminids and founded its Olelkovich branch.

Biography Olelka was the eldest son of Vladimir Olgerdovich, Prince of Kyiv, and grandson of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania. Initially, Olelka held titles of the Duke of Kapyl and Slutsk.

Olelka was married with Anastasia Vasilievna, a daughter of Vasily I of Moscow (Grand Prince of Vladimir and Moscow) and Sophia of Lithuania (Regent of Moscow), and granddaughter of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas the Great.

In 1422, Olelka, together with his brothers Ivan and Andrius, was a witness of the Treaty of Melno between the Teutonic Knights and an alliance of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at Lake Melno.

In 1428, together with other dukes, Olelka accompanied the Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas the Great on his march to the Novgorod Republic. The insurgents captured the chancellery, regalia and the Lithuanian Grand Duchess Anna of Tver, a pregnant wife of Švitrigaila. Following the revolt and assassination of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Sigismund Kęstutaitis on 20 March 1440, Olelka and his family was freed and he returned to Kapyl. He has ruled the Principality of Kiev until his death in 1454.

Olelka's son Simeon Olelkovich succeeded the rule of the Principality of Kiev and was the last Prince of Kiev in 1454–1470. In 1471, the Principality of Kiev was converted into the Kiev Voivodeship, a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1463, Olelka's daughter Evdochia of Kiev married Stephen the Great, a Prince of Moldavia.