Narimantas

Narimantas, fantasy representation on a painting from 1709

Narimantas or Narimunt or Narimund (* around 1294; † February 2, 1348 ), baptized name Gleb , was the second son of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas and Prince of Polotsk (1335 (?) - 1345) and Pinsk (around 1341-1348).

Life

His mother's name is not known. His year of birth is also unknown.

Narimantas was first mentioned in 1331 when he is said to have been promised rule over the Novgorod Republic . In 1333 he received rule over Ladoga , Oreschek , Korela and half of Koporja from the local nobility in Novgorod .

The area was probably since then as an independent principality of Korela . Before 1338 Narimantas transferred this rule to his son Alexander .

For some time he stayed with the Moscow Grand Duke Ivan Kalita . This had freed him from captivity with the Golden Horde .

Sometime after 1335 Narimantas took over the principality of Polotsk . As its prince, he signed a contract with Riga with Bishop Gregory of Polotsk , from which his seal has been preserved. Around 1390 he was referred to as "King of Polotsk" in a contract between the Principality of Smolensk and Riga.

In 1341 at the latest, the Principality of Pinsk was given to him by his father. Since his brother Jaunutis was Grand Duke of Lithuania in 1341, Narimantas has been one of the most important princes in Lithuania. After his fall in 1345, he fled to the Golden Horde . He lost the Principality of Polotsk.

In 1347 he took part in a Lithuanian campaign against the Teutonic Order . On February 2, 1348 he was probably killed in the Battle of the Strėva .

progeny

Narimantas was married to Anna Elisabeth , daughter of Wasilko , Prince of Slonim . Another woman could have been a daughter of the Tatar Khan Tochta .

Sons were

Mikolajus ( Michael ), Prince of Pinsk (1348–)
Alexander (–after 1386), Prince of Oreschek and Korela (1335 / 38–), Prince of Podolia
Jurgis ( Juri ) (–1392), Prince of Bels (1340–1377)
Patrikas (around 1387), prince of Oreschek and Korela (1383–1386), prince of Starodub
Simeon (- after 1386)

literature

Белы А .: Нарымонт. In: Вялікае княства Літоўскае: Энцыклапедыя. Vol. 2, Minsk 2006, p. 349 f. ISBN 985-11-0378-0 .
Jozef Puzyna: Narymunt Giedyminowicz. In: Miesięcznik Heraldyczny. No. 1/1930, pp. 4-6, 2/1930, pp. 26-28, 3/1930, pp. 33-38 online
CS Rowell: Lithuania Ascending: A Pagan Empire Within East-Central Europe, 1295-1345. Cambridge University Press 1994, Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series, ISBN 9780521450119

Remarks

^ Karl Friedrich Pauli : General Prussian State History , fourth volume, publishing and printing by Christoph Peter Franckens, Halle 1763.
↑ His name (cf. the Central Asian name Nariman ) and his stays with the Golden Horde can be references to possible Tatar influences of his mother, cf. J. Puzyna, 1930
↑ This message can only be found in the Vosskressenskaya Chronicle from the 16th century, cf. Белы А .: Нарымонт , p. 349.
↑ Светлана Ивановна Кочкуркина: Археологические памятники Корелы (V – XV вв.) , L. 1981 online
↑ In 1338 Narimantas no longer took part in the battle against the Swedes off Novgorod.
↑ In 1335 Vainas , the previous prince of Polotsk, died
↑ Полоцкие грамоты XIII – начала XIV вв. , ed. v. А. Хорошкевич, Вып. 1, Moscow 1977, pp. 39-41.
↑ Полоцкие грамоты XIII – начала XIV вв. ed. v. А. Хорошкевич, Вып.3, Moscow 1980, pp. 127–132.
↑ The Chronicle of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania wrote that he received the Principality of Pinsk from his father. He died in 1341.
↑ So the assumption, since he and his brother Manvydas were no longer named afterwards.
↑ The name of a son of Patrikas / Patrikej is Tatar, cf. J. Puzyna, 1931.
^ CS Rowell: Lithuania Ascending. S. xxxii; Puzyna J .: Potomstwo Narymunta Giedyminowicza. In: Miesięcznik Heraldyczny. No. 2/1931, pp. 35-39; No. 5/1931, pp. 105-111; No. 9/1031, pp. 193-199; No. 11/1931, pp. 251-258; No. 12/1931, pp. 269-275; No. 7-8 / 1932, pp. 133-136; No. 10/1932, pp. 183-188; No. 11/1932, pp. 197-199 online
↑ from 1398–1408 there was again a Patrikas prince of Oreschek and Korela , whether it was the same or a descendant is unclear

personal data
SURNAME	Narimantas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Narimunt; Gleb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	second son of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas and Prince of Polotsk (1335 (?) - 1345) and Pinsk (around 1341–1348)
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1294
DATE OF DEATH	February 2, 1348

[1] Karl Friedrich Pauli : General Prussian State History , fourth volume, publishing and printing by Christoph Peter Franckens, Halle 1763.

[2] His name (cf. the Central Asian name Nariman ) and his stays with the Golden Horde can be references to possible Tatar influences of his mother, cf. J. Puzyna, 1930

[3] This message can only be found in the Vosskressenskaya Chronicle from the 16th century, cf. Белы А .: Нарымонт , p. 349.

[4] Светлана Ивановна Кочкуркина: Археологические памятники Корелы (V – XV вв.) , L. 1981 online

[5] In 1338 Narimantas no longer took part in the battle against the Swedes off Novgorod.

[6] In 1335 Vainas , the previous prince of Polotsk, died

[7] Полоцкие грамоты XIII – начала XIV вв. , ed. v. А. Хорошкевич, Вып. 1, Moscow 1977, pp. 39-41.

[8] Полоцкие грамоты XIII – начала XIV вв. ed. v. А. Хорошкевич, Вып.3, Moscow 1980, pp. 127–132.

[9] The Chronicle of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania wrote that he received the Principality of Pinsk from his father. He died in 1341.

[10] So the assumption, since he and his brother Manvydas were no longer named afterwards.

[11] The name of a son of Patrikas / Patrikej is Tatar, cf. J. Puzyna, 1931.

[12] CS Rowell: Lithuania Ascending. S. xxxii; Puzyna J .: Potomstwo Narymunta Giedyminowicza. In: Miesięcznik Heraldyczny. No. 2/1931, pp. 35-39; No. 5/1931, pp. 105-111; No. 9/1031, pp. 193-199; No. 11/1931, pp. 251-258; No. 12/1931, pp. 269-275; No. 7-8 / 1932, pp. 133-136; No. 10/1932, pp. 183-188; No. 11/1932, pp. 197-199 online

[13] rom 1398–1408 there was again a Patrikas prince of Oreschek and Korela , whether it was the same or a descendant is unclear