Kaributas (''Koribut'', ''Korybut'', baptized ''Dmitry''; after 1350 – after 1404) was a son of

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, and reigned in Severian Novgorod until 1393. Kaributas was born some time after 1350 (exact date is unknown) to Algirdas of Lithuania and

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. Born a

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, around 1380 he was baptised in the Orthodox rite and became the prince of Severian Novgorod. He adopted the Christian name of Dmitry and hence is sometimes referred to as Dmitry Korybut (a combination of his Slavicised

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Kaributas and his Christian name). He appeared in politics during the

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when he supported his brother Jogaila against his uncle

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and cousin

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. In 1382 he began a rebellion in Severian Novgorod, engaging Kęstutis' forces so that Jogaila could attack and capture lightly guarded

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, capital of the Grand Duchy. He also witnessed the Treaty of Dubysa with the

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. For his service, he was awarded possessions in Navahrudak and

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. Kaributas continued to support Jogaila: he witnessed the

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and fought in the

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. After the

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, he refused to recognize Vytautas' superiority and was defeated in a battle near Lida in early 1393. Kaributas was imprisoned and stripped of his possessions. However, he was soon released and given

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, and

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. Severian Novgorod was given to Fedor, son of

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. Kaributas appeared last in written sources in 1404 during a military campaign waged by Vytautas against the

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. Kaributas' male-line descendants included Princes Zbaraski,

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and, in the

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, Woroniecki, and Nieswicki, making these families Gediminid. King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki was named Korybut to foreground his

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descent from Kaributas.

Marriage and issue

Kaributas married Princess Anastasia, daughter of Grand Prince

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, with whom he had three daughters and three sons. Kaributas issue originated the Korybut coat of arms. * Helena (wife of John II "the Iron" Duke of Racibórz), * Fedor of Nesvich,

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* Sigismund Korybut (a claimant to the Bohemian Crown), * Nastasia (wife of Fedor of Kashin) * Ivan

References

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