Gelgaudiškis Manor

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Gelgaudiškis Manor was a former residential manor in Gelgaudiškis, Šakiai District Municipality, Lithuania.

The name Gelgaudiškis derives from the name of Jurgis Gedgaudas, a diplomat from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, who built a castle on the right bank of the Nemunas River not long after the Battle of Žalgiris, near present-day town of Gelgaudiškis. ^[1]

In written sources from the early 15th century, Gelgaudiškis is regarded as a part of Skirsnemunė palivarkas. In 1504 or 1507, the Grand Duke Alexander granted Gelgaudiškis with the woodland from the Nemunas to Siesartis rivers to the nobleman Ivanas Sapiega [lt]. After his death, the estate passed on to his widow Elžbieta Sapiegienė. Stanislovas Skopas, the lord of Skirsnemunė, took advantage of this situation and seized Gelgaudiškis by force. Only after the involvement of King Sigismund the Old was the manor returned to the widow, and after her death, it became the subject of disputes between her stepsons. After lengthy negotiations, in 1566 the manor of Gelgaudiškis passed to Povilas Sapiega [lt] castellan of Kyiv and the owner of Zapyškis manor, who built the first church in Gelgaudiškis in 1578. After the death of Povilas Sapiega, the manor passed to Andrius Sapiega [lt]. In 1595, the Sapiegas' rule in Gelgaudiškės ended.

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