Sticks

Stecse (Lithuanian Stekšys ; † 1214 ) was the first certainly existing prince known by name in Lithuania .

Life

Henry of Latvia reported about him in his Livonian Chronicle. He referred to Stecse as dux et princeps ( leader / duke and prince ) without giving any further information. In 1214 he came with a large army from Lithuania across the Daugava (to Livonia ). The order master Bertold von Wenden collected his sword brothers , in addition there came Prince Vladimir (von Pskow) with an army, as well as other Germans and Latvians. The Lithuanians were ambushed and their prince and many others killed; the survivors fled.

literature

Tomas Baranauskas: Lietuvos valstybės ištakos . Vaga, Vilnius 2000, ISBN 5-415-01495-0 .

Remarks

↑ Leonid Arbusow and Albert Bauer (eds.): Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum separatim editi 31: Heinrichs Livländische Chronik (Heinrici Chronicon Livoniae). Hannover 1955, pp. 114–115 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version ); German Albert Bauer (arr.), Heinrich von Lettland: Livländische Chronik. (= Selected sources on German history in the Middle Ages. Freiherr von Stein memorial edition, Volume 64) . 2nd Edition. Darmstadt 1975. Chap. XVII, 6.
↑ The Formation of the Lithuanian State, Chapter VI. The previous princes were not mentioned by name, the earlier Suelgate and Daugerutis were only referred to as powerful men.

personal data
SURNAME	Sticks
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Stekšys (today's Lithuanian name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Lithuanian prince
DATE OF BIRTH	12th Century
DATE OF DEATH	1214

[1] Leonid Arbusow and Albert Bauer (eds.): Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum separatim editi 31: Heinrichs Livländische Chronik (Heinrici Chronicon Livoniae). Hannover 1955, pp. 114–115 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version ); German Albert Bauer (arr.), Heinrich von Lettland: Livländische Chronik. (= Selected sources on German history in the Middle Ages. Freiherr von Stein memorial edition, Volume 64) . 2nd Edition. Darmstadt 1975. Chap. XVII, 6.

[2] The Formation of the Lithuanian State, Chapter VI. The previous princes were not mentioned by name, the earlier Suelgate and Daugerutis were only referred to as powerful men.