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	'''Skomantas''', or '''Komantas''' (in ] ''Gomants'' or ''Komants'', in ] ''Komat'', in ] ''Koommat'', in ] ''Skomant'' and ''Skumand''; ca. 1225(?) - after 1285) was a powerful duke and ] priest of the ]/], one of the early ] (according to historian S. C. Rowell and some other researchers, this duke of Sudovia seems to be identical to ], the supposed progenitor of Gediminas' dynasty). He ] in the 1260s and 1270s.		'''Skomantas''', or '''Komantas''' (in ] ''Gomants'' or ''Komants'', in ] ''Komat'', in ] ''Koommat'', in ] Skomand'', ''Skomant'' and ''Skumand''; ca. 1225(?) - after 1285) was a powerful duke and ] priest of the ]/], one of the early ] (according to historian S. C. Rowell and some other researchers, this duke of Sudovia seems to be identical to ], the supposed progenitor of Gediminas' dynasty). He ] in the 1260s and 1270s.

	Skomantas is first mentioned by ] during the ] (1260-1274) as a leader of the 1263 raid on ], a stronghold of the ]. He also led campaigns against ] and other Slavic territories and therefore could not fully support the uprising. After the uprising ~~Skomantas~~, with help from Lithuanians, led 4,000 men against the Teutonic Knights. However, the ] and other Balts were losing their power. ~~Skomantas~~' estate was devastated in 1280-1281 and he escaped with three sons, Rukals, Gedetes and Galms, to ], controlled at that time by the ]. However, he soon returned, was baptized in the ] rite, and acknowledged the superiority of the ~~Knights~~. ~~Skomantas~~ went on to lead armies on behalf of the Knights and was awarded lands within Prussia. His tribe lost the fight against the Knights and did not survive as an entity.		Skomand (Skomantas) is first mentioned by ] during the ] (1260-1274) as a leader of the 1263 raid on ''Culm'', now ], a stronghold of the ]. He also led campaigns against ] and other Slavic territories and therefore could not fully support the uprising. After the uprising Skomand, with help from Lithuanians, led 4,000 men against the Teutonic Knights. However, the ] and other Balts were losing their power. Skomand's estate was devastated in 1280-1281 and he escaped with three sons, Rukals, Gedetes and Galms, to ], controlled at that time by the ]. However, he soon returned, was baptized in the ] rite, and acknowledged the superiority of the ]. Skomand went on to lead armies on behalf of the Knights and was awarded lands within Prussia. His tribe lost the fight against the Knights and did not survive as an entity.

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Skomantas, or Komantas (in Jatvingian *Gomants or *Komants, in Ruthenian Komat, in Latin Koommat, in German Skomand, Skomant and Skumand; ca. 1225(?) - after 1285) was a powerful duke and pagan priest of the Sudovians/Yotvingians, one of the early Baltic tribes (according to historian S. C. Rowell and some other researchers, this duke of Sudovia seems to be identical to Skalmantas, the supposed progenitor of Gediminas' dynasty). He flourished in the 1260s and 1270s.

Skomand (Skomantas) is first mentioned by Peter von Dusburg during the Great Prussian Uprising (1260-1274) as a leader of the 1263 raid on Culm, now Chełmno, a stronghold of the Teutonic Knights. He also led campaigns against Pinsk and other Slavic territories and therefore could not fully support the uprising. After the uprising Skomand, with help from Lithuanians, led 4,000 men against the Teutonic Knights. However, the Old Prussians and other Balts were losing their power. Skomand's estate was devastated in 1280-1281 and he escaped with three sons, Rukals, Gedetes and Galms, to Black Ruthenia, controlled at that time by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. However, he soon returned, was baptized in the Roman Catholic rite, and acknowledged the superiority of the Teutonic Order. Skomand went on to lead armies on behalf of the Knights and was awarded lands within Prussia. His tribe lost the fight against the Knights and did not survive as an entity.

References

Simas Sužiedėlis, ed. (1970–1978). "Skomantas". Encyclopedia Lituanica. Vol. V. Boston, Massachusetts: Juozas Kapočius. p. 210. LCCN 74--11427.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
Rowell, S. C. (1994). Lithuania Ascending: A Pagan Empire Within East-Central Europe, 1295-1345. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series. Cambridge University Press. pp. 52–55. ISBN 9780521450119.
Urban, William L. (2000). The Prussian Crusade (2nd ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Lithuanian Research and Studies Center. pp. 315, 342, 366. ISBN 0-929700-28-7.

Leaders of the Great Prussian uprising

Auctume
of the Pogesanians

Diwanus
of the Bartians

Herkus Monte
of the Natangians

Glande
of the Sambians

Glappo
of the Warmians

Komantas
of the Yotvingians

Note: Pomesanians did not join the uprising; Natangians were not yet conquered.

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