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Revision as of 14:35, 13 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 the noblemen from Grand Duchy of Lithuania of Goštautai family. In 1522 became a chancellor of Lithuania. 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 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.
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