Skalmantas (Gediminids)

Skalmantas (Gediminids)

Skalmantas or Skolomend is the name of a possible ancestor of the Gediminid dynasty. In 1975 historian Jerzy Ochmański noted that "Zadonshchina", a poem from the end of the 14th century, contains lines in which two sons of Algirdas name their ancestors: "We are two brothers – sons of Algirdas, and grandsons of Gediminas, and great-grandsons of Skalmantas ("Skolomend")." This led to the hypothesis that Skalmantas was the long-sought ancestor of the Gediminids.

ee also

*House of Gediminas

References

*lt icon cite journal| url=http://viduramziu.lietuvos.net/gediminas.htm | title=Gedimino kilmė | first=Tomas | last=Baranauskas | journal=Voruta | date=1996-11-23 | volume=44 | issue=278 | accessdate=2007-03-10 | pages=6


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