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Stanislovas Ksgaila Died 1532 - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Stanislovas Ksgaila Died 1532
- Stanislovas Kestgaila (1503–1532) was a Lithuanian nobleman, son of Stanislovas Kesgaila from the Kesgailos family.
- Stanislovas Kestgaila was the Elder of Samogitia (1527–1532) and castellan of Trakai (1528–1532).
- After marriage to Anna, daughter of Stanislaw Kiszka, Stanislovas was the wealthiest magnate in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.When Stanislovas was appointed as the Elder of Samogitia in 1527, Grand Duke Sigismund I the Old limited power and income of the elder as 17 volosts were transferred to Grand Duke's jurisdiction.
- The elder was left with 8 volosts (Karklenai, Kražiai, Medingenai, Patumšiai, Pavandene, Tendžiogala, Vidukle and Žarenai) that had only about 10% of the Samogitian population.
- After early death of Stanislovas, the office of the Elder of Samogitia was assigned to Piotr Kiszka, not a member of the Kesgailos family for the first time in more than a century.
- Stanislovas' last will left about a third of his possessions to the Grand Duke, who then transferred the towns to his wife Bona Sforza.
- Subsequently the family faded from the public life.
