Stanislav Gostautas

Background

Born to Albrecht Goštautas, the Voivode of Vilnius and Princess Sofia of Vereya, he was the last direct male descendant of the – once mighty – Goštautai family.

Career

Among others, since 1522 he held the post of the voivode of Navahrudak, although he did not rise to that office until 1530. Since 1542 he was also a voivode of Trakai. As one of the most notable and influential noblemen of his epoch, in 1542 he was also awarded with a royal pension of 600 times the number of 60 Prague groschen in exchange for his town of Upytė, which was bought by Sigismund Augustus of Poland.

Membership

A prominent member of the Grand Duchy"s administration in the early times of the Polish-Lithuanian Union, Goštautas held a number of important posts in the state"s administration.

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