Hedrus is the legendary Lithuanian prince.
According to the legendary part of the second and third editions of the Belarusian-Lithuanian annals , the fourth son of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Roman Giliginovich , the brother of Troiden , the last of the Dorsprung dynasty. After his father, he received the Gedroit Principality, extending from the Viliya River to the Western Dvina and to the border of the Latvian land. This possession from the XIII to the beginning of the XV century was a separate area of the princes of Gedroit. 40 miles from the current city of Vilna, Gedrus allegedly built a castle of Gedrota over Lake Kemont , the ruins of which were still visible at the end of the 17th century. According to legend, he died in 1282, leaving his young son Ginville . Currently, the information of the Belarusian-Lithuanian annals on this period is considered extremely unreliable.
It is assumed that information about Gedrus was deliberately included in the annals to justify the antiquity of the Gedroits , who called themselves descendants of Gedrus [1] .
Notes
- ↑ Giedrus // Vyalikae of the Principality of Lithuania. Etsykladadyya at 3 t . - Mn. : BelEn , 2010.- T. 3: Dadatak A - Y. - S. 165. - 690 p. - ISBN 978-985-11-0487-7 .
Literature
- Leontovich, Essay. East Lithuanian-Russian law. Of images. Territor. Lit. States (1894, pp. 43 and 44)
- Wolf, Kniaziowie Litewsko Ruscy, (p. 65).