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Daumantas
Daumantas ( Ruthenian: ''Dowmont'' or ''Domont''; ; ) is a given name and a surname. Given name * Daumantas of Lithuania, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1282–1285) * Daumantas of Pskov, Prince of Pskov (1266–1299), previously Duke of Nalšia, Lithuania * 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 Lithuanian partisan armed resistance movement. Life Lukša was born on 10 August 1921 to a fa ..., post-World War II anti-Soviet Lithuanian partisan leader Surname * Juozas Lukša-Daumantas (1921-1951), Lithuanian anti-Soviet resistance fighter * Tomas Daumantas (born 1975), Lithuanian footballer * (1885-1977), Lithuanian politician, diplomat, bibliophile and collector See also * * Domantas, given name {{given name, both Lithuanian masculine given names Masculine given names Lithuanian-language surnames Pre-Christian Lithuan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Daumantas Of Pskov
Daumantas, Domantas or Dovmont (; Christian name: ''Timothy'' (Тимофей); died 20 May 1299) was Prince of Pskov from 1266 to 1299. During his term in office, Pskov became '' de facto'' independent from Novgorod. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church with his feast day observed on 20 May. In Lithuania Until 1265, Daumantas was Duke of Nalšia, a northern province of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and was an ally of King Mindaugas. Mindaugas' and Daumantas' wives were sisters. In spite of the family relationship, Daumantas chose to ally himself with Mindaugas' nephew Treniota, who was Duke of Samogitia. Treniota had been steadily increasing his personal power within the kingdom as he tried to spark an all-Balts rebellion against the Teutonic Knights and the Livonian Order. In 1263, Daumantas assassinated Mindaugas and two of his sons. It has been suggested that he acted in collusion with Treniota. As a result, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania relapsed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Daumantas Of Lithuania
Daumantas or Dovmont (died 1285) was List of Lithuanian monarchs, 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' death in 1281 or 1282. It is assumed that Daumantas was succeeded by Grand Duke Butigeidis. The relationships between Traidenis, Daumantas, and Butegeidis are unknown. Biography The period between 1281/1282 (Traidenis' death) and 1289 (rule of Butegeidis) is one of the most poorly documented periods in the history of Lithuania. The only recorded information about the Grand Duke of Lithuania during that time is a short note from 1285. Seven Complete Collection of Russian Chronicles, Russian chronicles record the same brief story that in March or August 1285 Lithuanians, led by Grand Duke Daumantas, attacked the domain of Simeon, Bishop of Tver. In particular, the Lithuanians attacked the Oleshnya volost () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tomas Daumantas
Tomas Daumantas (born 30 August 1975) is a Lithuanian retired footballer who played the moajority of his career in Belgium. He also has Belgian citizenship. International career Daumantas made his debut for Lithuania in a February 2002 friendly match at the Malta Rothmans Tournament against Moldova, coming on as a 46th-minute substitute for Darius Regelskis and earned his other cap at the same tournament against Jordan. Managerial career In 2015 Daumantas was named manager of Eendracht Termien and he left them in January 2022. Daumantas then succeeded Davy Heymans as manager of Tongeren Tongeren (; ; ; ) is a city and former municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg, in the southeastern corner of the Flemish region of Belgium. Tongeren is the oldest town in Belgium, as the only Roman administrative capital wit ... in summer 2022 but was sacked in February 2024 and replaced by Alexandre Di Gregorio. References External links * * 1975 births Livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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 Lithuanian partisan armed resistance movement. Life Lukša was born on 10 August 1921 to a family of farmers in the village of Juodbūdis, near Kaunas. He attended , where he joined the catholic youth organization Ateitis and the far-right, anti-semitic and anti-Soviet Lithuanian Activist Front (LAF). He graduated high school in 1940 and began studying architecture at Vytautas Magnus University. Due to being a member of the LAF, Lukša was imprisoned by the NKVD in Kaunas during the 1940–41 Soviet occupation of the Baltic states. He was released by the Wehrmacht following the invasion of Lithuania by Nazi Germany, and went on to continue his architecture studies. After the return of the Red Army in 1944, Lukša engaged in the underground movement. At first he participated as a student, helping out with clandestine matters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nalšia
Nalšia or Nalšėnai (sometimes Nalsen, Nalse) was an ancient land in the early stages of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It is mentioned in written sources from 1229 to 1298. The references to it cease as it was fully incorporated into the Grand Duchy. While it is known that it was on the north-eastern border of Lithuania proper, the exact location is unknown and is debated among historians. It is believed that Nalšia was between Livonia and the Duchy of Lithuania and bordered Deltuva. Towns of Švenčionys and Utena are often identified as the most prominent settlements in the land. Several dukes of Nalšia are known. The most prominent of them was Daumantas of Pskov. Others were Lengvenis, nephew of Mindaugas, Suksė (Suxe), who defected to the Teutonic Knights The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem was formed to aid Christia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Domantas
Domantas is a Lithuanian masculine given name. It may refer to: * Domantas Antanavičius (born 1998), is a Lithuanian footballer * (born 1983), Lithuanian singer-songwriter and poet * Domantas Sabonis (born 1996), Lithuanian-American basketball player * Domantas Šeškus (born 1991), Lithuanian basketball player * Domantas Šimkus (born 1996), Lithuanian football See also * * Daumantas Daumantas ( Ruthenian: ''Dowmont'' or ''Domont''; ; ) is a given name and a surname. Given name * Daumantas of Lithuania, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1282–1285) * Daumantas of Pskov, Prince of Pskov (1266–1299), previously Duke of Nalšia, Lithua ... {{Given name Lithuanian masculine given names Masculine given names Pre-Christian Lithuanian names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ruthenian Language
Ruthenian (see also #Nomenclature, other names) is an exonymic linguonym for a closely related group of East Slavic languages, East Slavic linguistic Variety (linguistics), varieties, particularly those spoken from the 15th to 18th centuries in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and in East Slavs, East Slavic regions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Regional Sprachraum, distribution of those varieties, both in their Literary language, literary and Vernacular language, vernacular forms, corresponded approximately to the territories of the modern states of Belarus and Ukraine. By the end of the 18th century, they gradually diverged into regional variants, which subsequently developed into the modern Belarusian language, Belarusian, Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, and Rusyn language, Rusyn languages, all of which are mutually intelligible. Several Linguistics, linguistic issues are debated among linguists: various questions related to classification of literary and vernacular vari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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 smuggler during the Lithuanian press ban *Juozas Ambrazevičius (1903–1974), Lithuanian literary historian, better known for his political career and nationalistic views * Juozas Bagdonas (1911–2005), Lithuanian painter *Juozas Balčikonis (1885–1969), Lithuanian linguist and teacher, who helped standardize the Lithuanian language * Juozas Barzda-Bradauskas (1896–1953), Lithuanian Army brigadier genera * Juozas Bernatonis (born 1953), Lithuanian jurist and politician * Juozas Bernotas (born 1989), Lithuanian windsurfer *Juozas Budraitis (born 1940), Soviet and Lithuanian actor * Juozas Dringelis (born 1935), Lithuanian politician *Juozas Gabrys (1880–1951), Lithuanian politician and diplomat * Juozas Girnius (1915–1994), Lithuanian ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lithuanian Masculine Given Names
Lithuanian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Lithuania, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe ** Lithuanian language ** Lithuanians, a Baltic ethnic group, native to Lithuania and the immediate geographical region ** Lithuanian cuisine ** Lithuanian culture Other uses * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jews, sometimes used to mean Mitnagdim * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (), was a federation, federative real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ... See also * List of Lithuanians {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Masculine Given Names
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A '' Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. In Western culture, the idioms "" and "being on first-name terms" refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lithuanian-language Surnames
Lithuanian (, ) is an East Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is the language of Lithuanians and the official language of Lithuania as well as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are approximately 2.8 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 1 million speakers elsewhere. Around half a million inhabitants of Lithuania of non-Lithuanian background speak Lithuanian daily as a second language. Lithuanian is closely related to neighbouring Latvian, though the two languages are not mutually intelligible. It is written in a Latin script. In some respects, some linguists consider it to be the most conservative of the existing Indo-European languages, retaining features of the Proto-Indo-European language that had disappeared through development from other descendant languages. History Among Indo-European languages, Lithuanian is conservative in its grammar and phonology, retaining archaic fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
