Skolomend is presumably the ancestor (grandfather?) Of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas , known according to Andrei Olgerdovich , quoted in Zadonshchina :
 | To Molodyash Andrei Olgordovich to his brother: “Brother Dmitriy , we myself are two brothers, s (s) n (o) ve Olgordovs, and we are Domenov’s grandchildren and Skolomendov’s great-grandchildren ... [1] |  |
In the Kirillo-Belozersky list:
| Saying Andrei to his brother Dmitry: “I myself have two brothers, the children of Volyardov, the grandchildren of the Yedimentovs, the great-grandchildren of the Skoldimerovs ... [2] | |
There is no other news of Skolomend or of any other Gedimin’s father. In the Lyubetsk synodic , a certain prince Gamant (Gimont) is mentioned, possibly identical to Skolomendu. According to the Nikon Chronicle, Andrian Titovich, Prince of Zvenigorod, was married to the daughter of Gamant Elena. It is believed that Andrian Titovich and Andrian Mstislavich Kozelsky , known from the Voskresensky annals , are one and the same person [3] [4] . It is noteworthy that according to the inventory of the property of Metropolitan Feognost, Prince Andrian Mstislavich Kozelsky was married to Gedimin’s sister or daughter [5] .
According to a number of researchers [6] , Skolomend is identical to the prince Skalmant ( born Skomantas of Sudovia), known from the Chronicle of the Land of Prussia by Peter von Dusburg [7] .
Notes
- ↑ Zadonshchina Archived on April 15, 2013. / Preparation of the text and notes by L. A. Dmitriev // Izbornik (Collection of works of literature of Ancient Russia) / Compilers and general editors L. A. Dmitriev and D. S. Likhachev. - Moscow: Fiction, 1969. - S. 380–397, 747–750 (notes).
- ↑ Bobrov A.G. The problem of the authenticity of “Words about Igor’s Regiment” and Efrosin Beloozersky // Acta Slavica Iaponica - T. 22, 2005. - p. 252
- ↑ Zotov R.V. About the princes of Chernigov according to the Lyubetsk synodik and the princedom of Chernigov in the Tatar time. - St. Petersburg., 1892.
- ↑ (Polish) Kuczyński S. M. Ziemie czernihowsko-siewierskie pod rza̜dami Litwy. - Warszawa, 1936 .-- 412 s.
- ↑ (lit.) Baranauskas T. Gedimino kilmė // Voruta. - Vol. 44, No. 278 . - P. 6. Archived on October 6, 2007.
- ↑ Rowell S. C. Lithuania Ascending: A Pagan Empire Within East-Central Europe, 1295–1345. - Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series. - Cambridge University Press, 1994. - pp. 52-55. - ISBN 9780521450119 .
- ↑ (Eng.) Sužiedėlis S. Skomantas // Encyclopedia Lituanica. - Vol. V. - Boston, Massachusetts: Juozas Kapočius, 1970-1978. - p. 210.
Links
- Skolomend at the Rodovod . Tree of ancestors and descendants