Daugerutis

Daugerutis (in Chronicle Daugeruthe ; † 1213 or 1214 in the Wenden order castle , Brothers of the Sword Order ) was a Lithuanian "Mighty". He was the second important Lithuanian known by name (after Žvelgaitis ).

Life

Daugeruthe was only mentioned by Heinrich of Latvia in his chronicle . He was only referred to as potentior ( powerful ) and not as princeps ( prince ), like the Stekšys who was active at the same time . His daughter became the wife of the king (prince) Vissewalde of Jersika and was named as such for the year 1209. Daugerutis may have been involved in military campaigns with his son-in-law in Livonia . In 1213 he traveled to Novgorod and negotiated a peace agreement with Grand Duke Mstislav. This also shows that it must have had a certain meaning. However, the Novgorod Chronicles did not mention this visit, which could indicate that the treaty was directed against the Order of the Brothers of the Sword in Livonia. On the way back, Daugerutis was captured by his knights and brought to the Wenden order castle. There he waited a long time for relatives or friends, probably to be released with ransom. Then he killed himself with the sword, the exact background was not described. There are no other details about him.

literature

Zigmantas Kiaupa, Jūratė Kiaupienė, Albinas Kuncevičius: The History of Lithuania Before 1795 . Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius 2000, ISBN 9986-810-13-2 , p. 50–51 (English, Lithuanian: Lietuvos istorija iki 1795 metų . 1995. Translated by Irena Zujienė, Milda Danytė, Agnius Urbanavičius).
Ignas Jonynas: Daugirutis . In: Vaclovas Biržiška (ed.): Lietuviškoji enciklopedija . tape 6 : Darbininkų žodis – Drugenis . Spaudos Fondas, Kaunas 1937, OCLC 830231189 , p. 108 .

Individual evidence

↑ Tomas Baranauskas: Lietuvos valstybės ištakos . Vaga, Vilnius 2000, ISBN 5-415-01495-0 . The Formation of the Lithuanian State Chapter VI. Cf. Leonid Arbusow and Albert Bauer (eds.): Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum separatim editi 31: Heinrichs Livländische Chronik (Heinrici Chronicon Livoniae). Hanover 1955, p. 69 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )

↑ Heinrich von Lettland mentioned three suicides, all committed by Lithuanians, see Marek Tamm, Linda Kaljundi, Carsten Selch Jensen: Crusading and Chronicle Writing on the Medieval Baltic Frontier: A Companion to the Chronicle of Henry of Livonia . Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2011, ISBN 978-1-4094-3396-5 , pp. 139 ( books.google.com ). Events are presented in: Leonid Arbusow and Albert Bauer (eds.): Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum separately in editi 31: Heinrichs Livländische Chronik (Heinrici Chronicon Livoniae). Hanover 1955, p. 113 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )

personal data
SURNAME	Daugerutis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Daugeruthe (historical name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Mighty in Livonia
DATE OF BIRTH	12th Century
DATE OF DEATH	1213 or 1214

[1] Tomas Baranauskas: Lietuvos valstybės ištakos . Vaga, Vilnius 2000, ISBN 5-415-01495-0 . The Formation of the Lithuanian State Chapter VI. Cf. Leonid Arbusow and Albert Bauer (eds.): Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum separatim editi 31: Heinrichs Livländische Chronik (Heinrici Chronicon Livoniae). Hanover 1955, p. 69 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )

[2] Heinrich von Lettland mentioned three suicides, all committed by Lithuanians, see Marek Tamm, Linda Kaljundi, Carsten Selch Jensen: Crusading and Chronicle Writing on the Medieval Baltic Frontier: A Companion to the Chronicle of Henry of Livonia . Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2011, ISBN 978-1-4094-3396-5 , pp. 139 ( books.google.com ). Events are presented in: Leonid Arbusow and Albert Bauer (eds.): Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum separately in editi 31: Heinrichs Livländische Chronik (Heinrici Chronicon Livoniae). Hanover 1955, p. 113 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )