{{Short description|Duke of Navahrudak and Vawkavysk}} '''Karijotas''' or '''Koriat''' (baptized ''Michal''; died between 1358 and 1363) was the duke of Navahrudak (since 1341) and Vawkavysk. A member of the House of Gediminas, he was one of the sons of Gediminas, the grand duke of Lithuania.
==Life== According to Polish historian Jan Tęgowski, he was born probably between 1305 and 1308.<ref name=teg164/> He was baptized before 1349.<ref name=teg166/>
In 1349, Algirdas sent him along with two sons, Aikštas or Eikšis from Eišiškės and Simeon from Svislach,<ref name=spec/> to Jani Beg, Khan of the Golden Horde, to negotiate an alliance against the Teutonic Knights and the rising northeastern Rus' principality of Moscow.<ref name=rowell/> However, Jani Beg handed Karijotas over to Simeon of Moscow for a ransom.
Karijotas' date of death is uncertain; he is last mentioned in writing in the 1358 treaty between the dukes of Mazovia and Kestutitis and his brothers, but not anymore in 1366, where that would have been expected.{{sfn|Jankauskas|2024|p=207}} It is therefore likely that Karijotas died between 1358 and 1366.{{sfn|Jankauskas|2024|p=207}} An undated document provides for the division of Navahrudak between Vaidotas and Tautvilas, sons of Kęstutis, probably between 1358 and 1362.{{sfn|Jankauskas|2024|p=207}} The reason is that Vaidotas was captured by the Teutonic Knights in his unsuccessful defence of Kaunas Castle in 1362.{{sfn|Jankauskas|2024|p=207}} It is also unlikely that Vaidotas ever returned to Lithuania after 1362, or that he inherited lands in Navahrudak before Karijotas' death; therefore Karijotas likely died in or before 1362.{{sfn|Jankauskas|2024|pp=206–207}}
==Family== It is unclear how many children Karijotas had. The number varies between 4<ref name=suzie/> and 10.<ref name=ivin/> Reliable data is available about four: Aleksander, George, Konstantin, and Fedir, who helped Algirdas, the grand duke of Lithuania, to defeat the Tatars in the Battle of Blue Waters in 1363. In return, they received Podolia.<ref name=suzie/> Aleksander (died {{circa|1380}}) was involved in the Galicia–Volhynia Wars between his uncle Liubartas and Casimir III of Poland. In 1366, Aleksander received Volodymyr in Volhynia from Casimir for his service against his uncle.<ref name=birzi/> Only four years later, after Casimir's death, Liubartas recaptured the city. George (died in 1375 in Moldavia) at first assisted Aleksander, but was poisoned soon after accepting an invitation to become the ruler of Moldavia.<ref name=zinkus/> Kostantin, after the Union of Krewo in 1385, moved to Hungary and died there around 1389. Fedir ({{died in|1414}}) inherited Navahrudak from his father and after other brothers were dead around 1389, became ruler of all Podolia. In 1392, he disobeyed Vytautas the Great and had to run to Hungary, where he ruled Mukachevo and built Palanok Castle.<ref name=zinkus/> Dmitri Bobrok is also frequently listed as one of Koriat's sons.<ref name=teg170/>
==See also== * Family of Gediminas – family tree of Karijotas * Gediminids
==References== {{reflist|2|refs= <ref name=birzi>{{cite encyclopedia | editor-first=Vaclovas |editor-last=Biržiška | encyclopedia=Lietuviškoji enciklopedija | title=Aleksandras (Karijotaitis) | year=1933 | publisher=Spaudos Fondas | volume=1 | location=Kaunas | page=246 |language=lt}}</ref> <ref name=ivin>{{cite encyclopedia | last=Ivinskis | first=Zenonas | editor=Vaclovas Biržiška | encyclopedia=Lietuviškoji enciklopedija | title=Eikšis | year=1939 | publisher=Spaudos Fondas | volume=7 | location=Kaunas | pages=577–578 |language=lt}}</ref> <ref name=rowell>{{cite book | title=Lithuania Ascending: A Pagan Empire Within East-Central Europe, 1295-1345 | first=C. S. | last=Rowell| year=1994 | publisher=Cambridge University Press | series=Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series| isbn=978-0-521-45011-9 | page=114 }}</ref> <ref name=spec>{{cite encyclopedia | first=Mečislovas | last=Jučas | editor-first=Vytautas |editor-last=Spečiūnas | encyclopedia=Lietuvos valdovai (XIII-XVIII a.): enciklopedinis žinynas | title=Karijotas | year=2004 | publisher=Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas | location=Vilnius | isbn=5-420-01535-8 | page=45 |language=lt}}</ref> <ref name=suzie>{{cite encyclopedia | editor-first=Simas |editor-last=Sužiedėlis | encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Lituanica | title=Karijotas | year=1970–1978 | publisher=Juozas Kapočius | volume=III | location=Boston, Massachusetts | pages=47–48|lccn=74-114275 }}</ref> <ref name=teg164>{{cite book |last=Tęgowski |first=Jan |title=Pierwsze pokolenia Giedyminowiczów |publisher=Wydawnictwo Historyczne |location=Poznań-Wrocław |year=1999 |isbn=8391356310 |pages=164–165 |language=pl}}</ref> <ref name=teg166>{{cite book |last=Tęgowski |first=Jan |title=Pierwsze pokolenia Giedyminowiczów |publisher=Wydawnictwo Historyczne |location=Poznań-Wrocław |year=1999 |isbn=8391356310 |page=166 |language=pl}}</ref> <ref name=teg170>{{cite book |last=Tęgowski |first=Jan |title=Pierwsze pokolenia Giedyminowiczów |publisher=Wydawnictwo Historyczne |location=Poznań-Wrocław |year=1999 |isbn=8391356310 |pages=170–171 |language=pl}}</ref> <ref name=zinkus>{{cite encyclopedia | editor=Jonas Zinkus| encyclopedia=Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija | title=Karijotaičiai | year=1986 | publisher=Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija | volume=2 | location=Vilnius, Lithuania | page=218 |language=lt|display-editors=etal}}</ref> }}
== Literature == * {{cite journal |last=Jankauskas |first=Vytas |title=Naujos žinios apie kunigaikštį Vaidotą Kęstutaitį 1363 metais / New Data on Duke Vaidotas Kęstutaitis in 1363 |trans-title=Нові дані про герцога Вайдотаса Кєстутаїтіса в 1363 році |journal=Lituanistica |volume=70 |issue=3 |date=6 November 2024 |issn=2424-4716 |doi=10.6001/lituanistica.2024.70.3.2 |doi-access=free}} * {{cite book |last=Tęgowski |first=Jan |title=Pierwsze pokolenia Giedyminowiczów |publisher=Wydawnictwo Historyczne |location=Poznań-Wrocław |year=1999 |isbn=8391356310 |pages= |language=pl}}
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