Daumantas ( Ruthenian: ''Dowmont'' or ''Domont''; be, Daǔmont; russian: Довмонт) is a given name and a surname. It is the name of two early dukes of

Grand Duchy of Lithuania The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state that existed from the 13th century to 1795, when the territory was partitioned among the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Habsburg Empire of Austria. The state was founded by Li ...

. Because they were contemporaries, they are often confused with each other.

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Daumantas of Lithuania Daumantas or Dovmont was the Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1282 to 1285. Daumantas is mentioned in chronicles only once and, in absence of any other evidence, is presumed to be a short-ruled Grand Duke who inherited the title after Traidenis' dea ...

, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1282–1285) *

Daumantas of Pskov Daumantas or Dovmont (Russian: Довмонт, Belarusian: Даўмонт, Christian name Timothy (russian: Тимофей), ; c. 1240? – 17 May 1299), was a Lithuanian prince best remembered as a military leader of the Principality of P ...

, Prince of Pskov (1266–1299) * Daumantas, ''nom de guerre'' of

Juozas Lukša Juozas Lukša (10 August 1921 – 4 September 1951), also known among other pseudonyms as Daumantas and Skirmantas, was a leader of the anti-Soviet Anti-Sovietism, anti-Soviet sentiment, called by Soviet authorities ''antisovetchina'' (russia ...

, post-World War II anti-Soviet Lithuanian partisan leader

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Juozas Lukša-Daumantas Juozas is a Lithuanian masculine given name, a shortened version of Juozapas, which in turn is the equivalent of English ''Joseph''. List of people named Juozas *Juozas Adomaitis-Šernas (1859–1922), Lithuanian scientific writer and book smuggl ...

(1921-1951), Lithuanian anti-Soviet resistance fighter *

Tomas Daumantas Tomas Daumantas (born 30 August 1975) is a Lithuanian footballer currently playing for Patro Eisden Maasmechelen. He also has Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian d ...

(born 1975), Lithuanian footballer * (1885-1977), Lithuanian politician, diplomat, bibliophile and collector

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