Vaidotas

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Souvenir stone at Kaunas Castle

Vaidotas (* in the 14th century; † after 1401) was the son of Prince Kęstutis in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , who died defending the strategically important Lithuanian castle Kaunas . Little is known about it, but it is mentioned in the chronicles and in the chrestomatic sources of the history of Lithuania , as well as the defense of the Kaunas castle itself. In 1401, in the document of Grand Duke Vytautas , brother of Vaidotas, it is mentioned that Vytautas was the administration the (today's Belarusian) city of Nawahrudak had entrusted his brothers Vaidotas and Tautvilas Kęstutaitis in equal parts.

souvenir

  • since 1992: Mechanized infantry battalion of Prince Vaidotas ( Kunigaikščio Vaidoto mechanizuotasis pėstininkų batalionas ), Lithuanian Army
  • 1998–2016: Vaidotas secondary school in Kaunas
  • 2008: Souvenir plaque and stone at Kaunas Castle

literature

  • Vytautas Spečiūnas. Vaidotas. Lietuvos valdovai (XIII-XVIII a.), Enciklopedinis žinynas. Vilnius: 2004 m., Mokslo ir enciklopedijų Leidybos institutas, 76 psl. ISBN 5-420-01535-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Data from the Vaidotas secondary school in Kaunas
personal data
SURNAME Vaidotas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lithuanian prince
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH after 1401