Martynas Goštautas

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Martynas Goštautas (Polish: Marcin Janowicz Gas(z)tołd or Marcin Gasztołdowicz; Ukrainian: Га́штовт Марти́н Іва́нович; 1428, Vilnius – c. 1483) was a nobleman from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania of Goštautai family. He has been the Grand Marshal of Lithuania, Voivode of Navahrudak (1464–1471), first Voivode of Kiev (1471–1475) and Voivode of Trakai (1480–1483).^[1] He served to King Casimir Jagiellon, and was a founder of Tykocin monastery and Dominican monastery and church in Trakai.

Residents of Kiev had been resented by the appointment of a Roman Catholic person as voivode and refused to let him in.^[2] In exchange, the Kiev land acquired the status of a voivodeship, equal to that of Trakai and Vilnius Voivodeships and the subsequent voivodes have been Orthodox nobles.

Martynas was a son of Jonas Goštautas, carrying his first name as a patronymic, and father of Albrecht Goštautas.

References

1. ^ (Lithuanian) Letter by Albrecht Goštautas
2. ^ (Polish) Kronika Polska, Litewska, Źmódzka i wszystkiej Rusi Mocieja Stryjkowskiego. Warszawa, 1846. T. 2. S. 272; Monumenta Poloniae Historica. Lwów, 1888. T. 5. S. 224.

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Name	Gostautas, Martynas
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Date of birth	1428
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Date of death	ca. 1483
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