Theodor, Prince of Podolia (, , , died 1414 in

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) was a member of the

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dynasty branch in what is now

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. Son of

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. Fedir inherited

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from his father. After Grand Duchy of Lithuania gained

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as a result of the decisive victory against the Golden Horde at the

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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

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and was forced into exile. In 1396, Koriatovych purchased the city of Munkács in the

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(today

), settling himself in the city's

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, which would become one of the most protected castles in the region.

References

* * ''Шабульдо Ф. М.'
Федір Коріятович
//

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* ''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

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— Kniaz Fedor Koryatovych (Teodor Koryatovych) {{DEFAULTSORT:Koriatovych, Fyodor 1414 deaths Gediminids People from Mukachevo Date of birth unknown Christians of the Battle of Nicopolis