Daumantas (
Ruthenian: ''Dowmont'' or ''Domont''; be, Daǔmont; russian: Довмонт) is a given name and a surname.
It is the name of two early dukes of
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state that existed from the 13th century to 1795, when the territory was partitioned among the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Habsburg Empire of Austria. The state was founded by Lit ...
. Because they were contemporaries, they are often confused with each other.
Given name
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Daumantas of Lithuania
Daumantas or Dovmont was the 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' dea ...
, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1282–1285)
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Daumantas of Pskov
Daumantas or Dovmont ( Russian: Довмонт, Belarusian: Даўмонт, Christian name Timothy (russian: Тимофей), ; c. 1240? – 17 May 1299), was a Lithuanian prince best remembered as a military leader of the Principality of ...
, Prince of Pskov (1266–1299)
* 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 famil ...
, post-World War II anti-Soviet Lithuanian partisan leader
Surname
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Juozas Lukša-Daumantas (1921-1951), Lithuanian anti-Soviet resistance fighter
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Tomas Daumantas (born 1975), Lithuanian footballer
* (1885-1977), Lithuanian politician, diplomat, bibliophile and collector
See also
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Domantas, given name
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Lithuanian masculine given names
Lithuanian-language surnames