Stekšys (or Steksė) (other spellings include ''Stakys'', ''Stejkint'', ''Stekintas'', ''Stegikintas'', ''Stegutas'') was a duke of
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
, killed in 1214 near
Lielvārde during an attack against
Livonia. He is one of the
earliest mentioned Lithuanian dukes. He succeeded duke
Daugirutis Daugirutis or Dangerutis (''Dangeruthe'' or ''Daugeruthe'') was an early Lithuanian duke who committed suicide in 1213. He is the second (after Žvelgaitis) Lithuanian duke whose name is known from reliable sources. His life is recorded in the Ch ...
, who killed himself while in Livonian captivity in 1213. After these two deaths, Lithuanian raids to the Livonian lands decreased in frequency and historians assume a period of decline in the unification process of the
Baltic tribes.
Tomas Baranauskas suggests that
Daujotas Daujotas was one of the 5 elder Lithuanian duke
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sover ...
and
Vilikaila, dukes mentioned in a 1219 treaty with
Halych-Volhynia, were Stekšys' sons.
See also
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Early dukes of Lithuania
Early dukes of Lithuania (including Samogitia) reigned before Lithuanians were unified by Mindaugas into a state, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. While the Palemonids legend provides genealogy from the 10th century, only few dukes were mentioned by c ...
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1214 deaths
Year of birth unknown
13th-century Lithuanian nobility
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