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Revision as of 08:57, 16 February 2007 by Iulius (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Albrecht Goštautas (Template:Lang-lt, Template:Lang-pl) (died 1539) - was a nobleman from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania of Goštautai family. In 1522 became a Chancellor of Lithuania. He was the initiator and the editor of the First Statute of Lithuania, as a successor his staunch opponent Mikalojus Radvila Junior. He was buried in Vilnius Cathedral, where his tomb remains till present day.
Goštautas was a supporter of the Lithuanian language in state affairs and had a nationalistic attitude: he seceded Lithuanian and Polish speaking Franciscans, took care of the representatives of the Lithuanian literature, as Abraomas Kulvietis, and had shown distrust to Ruthenian inhabitants of the Grand Duchy.
References
- http://ausis.gf.vu.lt/mg/nr/2002/09/09stat.html Edition Stages of the Lithuanian Statutes
- http://viduramziu.lietuvos.net/socium/dubonis2002.htm
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