Fedir Koriatovych also spelled Theodor Koriatovits ( uk, Федір Коріятович, lt, Teodoras Karijotaitis) (died 1414 in
Mukachevo) was a
Podolian prince from a Ruthenian branch of the
Gediminids
The House of Gediminid or simply the Gediminids ( lt, Gediminaičiai, sgs, Gedėmėnātē, be, Гедзімінавічы, pl, Giedyminowicze, uk, Гедиміновичі;) were a dynasty of monarchs in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that re ...
dynasty in what is now
Ukraine. Son of
Karijotas.
Fedir inherited
Navahrudak Castle from his father. After Grand Duchy of Lithuania gained
Podolia
Podolia or Podilia ( uk, Поділля, Podillia, ; russian: Подолье, Podolye; ro, Podolia; pl, Podole; german: Podolien; be, Падолле, Padollie; lt, Podolė), is a historic region in Eastern Europe, located in the west-central ...
as a result of the decisive victory against the Golden Horde at the
Battle of Blue Waters
The Battle of Blue Waters ( lt, Mūšis prie Mėlynųjų Vandenų, be, Бітва на Сініх Водах, uk, Битва на Синіх Водах) was a battle fought at some time in autumn 1362 or 1363 on the banks of the Syniukha river, ...
in 1362, he with his three brothers were appointed by Grand Duke Algirdas to administrate the region. After the last of his brothers died circa 1389, he remained the sole administrator of Podolia for three years until his exile by the Grand Duke Vytautas the Great.
In 1392 he disobeyed
Vytautas the Great and was forced into exile. In 1396, Koriatovych purchased the city of Munkács in the
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...
(today
Mukachevo,
Ukraine), settling himself in the city's
Palanok Castle, which would become one of the most protected castles in the region.
References
*
* ''Шабульдо Ф. М.'
Федір Коріятович//
NASU Institute of History of Ukraine
* ''Kuczyński S. M.'' Fedor Koriatowicz (†przed 1416) //
Polski Słownik Biograficzny
''Polski Słownik Biograficzny'' (''PSB''; Polish Biographical Dictionary) is a Polish-language biographical dictionary, comprising an alphabetically arranged compilation of authoritative biographies of some 25,000 notable Poles and of foreigner ...
. — Kraków : Polska Akademia Umiejętności, 1947. — T. VI/4, zeszyt 29. — S. 383—384.
External links
Koryatovich NASU Institute of History of Ukraine
varvar.ru— Kniaz Fedor Koryatovych (Teodor Koryatovych)
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1414 deaths
Gediminids
People from Mukachevo
Date of birth unknown