Albrecht Goštautas
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Albrecht Goštautas (Lithuanian: Albertas Goštautas, Latin: Albertus Gastold, Polish: Olbracht Gasztołd) (c. 1480 - 1539) - was a nobleman from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania of Goštautai family. In 1522 became a Grand Chancellor of Lithuania and Voivode of Vilnius. He was the initiator and the editor of the First Statute of Lithuania, as a successor of his staunch opponent Mikalojus Radvila Junior[1], who rivaled him in the precedence in the Council of Lords. His subsequent rival in influence in the Grand Duchy was Konstanty Ostrogski.
Albrecht was a father of Stanislovas Goštautas, last male heir of the Goštautai family. He was buried in Vilnius Cathedral, where his tomb remains till present day.
It is considered that Albrecht Goštautas, as well as the rest of Goštautai family members, has retained their native Lithuanian language.[2] Influenced by the ideas of Reformation, Goštautas was a supporter of the Lithuanian culture and language in state affairs and had a nationalistic attitude: he seceded Lithuanian and Polish speaking Franciscans, took care of the representatives of the Lithuanian literature, as Abraomas Kulvietis, and had shown distrust to Ruthenian inhabitants of the Grand Duchy.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ (Lithuanian) http://ausis.gf.vu.lt/mg/nr/2002/09/09stat.html Edition Stages of the Lithuanian Statutes
- ^ (Lithuanian) Tomas Sakalauskas "The Oak of Mažvydas"
- ^ (Lithuanian) http://viduramziu.lietuvos.net/socium/dubonis2002.htm
Mikalojus Radvila • Mikołaj Radziwiłł • Albertas Goštautas • Jan Jurjewicz Hlebowicz • Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł • Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł • Eustachy Wołłowicz • Lew Sapieha • Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł • Krzysztof Zygmunt Pac • Marcjan Aleksander Ogiński • Dominik Mikołaj Radziwiłł • Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł • Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki • Jan Fryderyk Sapieha • Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski • Aleksander Michał Sapieha • Joachim Littawor Chreptowicz
