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Lie u os is o ijos ins i u as
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esea ch: Li huanian Me ics, LDK La in li e a u e, his o iog aphy,
sou ces, and Neoli hic li e a u e.
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When he T u h Dies
Wha 's he ma e wi h you?
When did Michael Duck die?
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In he a icle, he da e o dea h o Mikalojs Daukšas is ques ioned. Un il now, i was belie ed
ha Daukša died in Feb ua y 1613. The a icle p esen s wo documen s p o ing ha Daukša
was s ill ali e on Oc obe 15, 1613 and Oc obe 18, 1614. The da e o Dauk's dea h is he mon h
o Feb ua y, 1615. The ollowing pe sons we e appoin ed as membe s o he Go e ning Body:
Mikhail Daukša (bo n in 1615), Kons an in Jablonskis (1892-1960), K aży Kolegija (1614-1773).
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The a icle ques ions he da e o dea h o Mikalojus Daukša. Un il now, i was gene ally
assumed ha Daukša died in Feb ua y 1613. Two documen s o 1613 and 1614 a e p esen ed
p o ing ha Daukha was s ill ali e a ha ime. As a esul , a new da e o his dea h is
p oposed, namely he second hal o Feb ua y, 1615. KEYWORDS: Mikalojus Daukša (bo n in
1615) and Kons an inas Jablonskis (1892-1960) om he College o K ažiai (1614-1773).
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312 Ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXXXVII
o he Ac
The biog aphy o Mikalojaus Daukšos, he ounde o he Li huanian sc ip in
he G and Duchy o Li huania (LDK), s ill con ains many sec e s: he yea o his
bi h is unknown, i is unknown when and whe e he s udied, when he became a
p ies and many simila hings. One o he ew accu a ely known ac s o his
li e is he da e o his dea h. I is gene ally accep ed ha he died be ween
Feb ua y 13 and Ma ch 5, 1613, acco ding o he amous his o ian o he
in e wa pe iod Kons an in Jablonski, who published many new documen s abou
him and his amily.
Jablonski's da e was uni e sally accep ed and a els om book o book, om a icle o
a icle, and mo e ecen ly o he In e ne . The au ho o hese lines did no aise he goal o
" epai ing Jablonskyi" in ad ance. Jus no icing he wo documen s in which Daukšos's su name
Kaip dažnai būna, a i naują žodį galima isai o neplanuojan i nesi ikin .
is men ioned, he ac s o ce o doub he u h o all he epe i ions and allow o indica e
sidomė a jų da omis i pas a ųjų sąsajomis su Daukšos mi ies me ais. Paaiškėję
ano he Daukšos's da e o dea h. And ha is he pu pose o his a icle. Fi s o all, i should
be ecalled on wha he gene ally accep ed and epea ed da e o Daukos' dea h is based. I is
no a documen ha has su i ed o he p esen day, bu only a much la e egis e o i , i.e. a
summa y o i s con en s. In 1931, in he se en h olume o "Na ion and Wo d," Kons an in
Jablonski published a collec ion o new documen s abou Dauk and his ela i es. Among hem
was an in en o y o documen s compiled in 1809 by he Babėnų mano , om which he Daukša
dis ic o igina ed, o a lis , among which he monog aph o Ju gis Lebedis (Lebedys 1963), which
summa ized he knowledge abou Daukšą o Li huanian eade s, is s ill a ailable. New sou ces
and esea ch a e men ioned in he 14 h-16 h cen u y Li huanian Ca holic cle gy associa ion (see
LKD 2009: 1576). Recen ly, ano he his o ical a icle has appea ed (see D ungilas 2020).
2 The mos commonly ci ed da e o bi h o Daukšos is 1527-1538. The da e o bi h o Daukšos was
doub ed by Liudas Jo aiša, hypo he ically he second da e was […]pe kėlęs[…] be o e 1546 (see Jo aiša
2000: 40[…]41). Thus, Daukša may ha e been signi ican ly younge a he ime o his dea h han is
belie ed. The ac ha his changes a lo in he case o his o ical igu es is well demons a ed by
he " eju ena ion" o Jono Ka ol Chodke ičius h oughou he decade (see Chachaj 2014). 3 All hese
publica ions we e ep in ed in So ie imes in Jablonski's collec ion o Li huanian s udies (see Jablonskis 1973: 71[…]199). I is his publica ion ha will be quo ed in he ollowing a icle.
Kada iš ik ųjų mi ė Mikalojus Daukša?
The mos impo an o he Insigh s 313 egis e ed documen s in his case is No.
15. I s beginning is epea ed he e o he sake o cla i y4:
1613 Feb ua y On he 13 h day o he 5 h mon h o he yea in he yea in which he
deed o inhe i ance was execu ed, on he 4 h day o he mon h in which he deed o
inhe i ance was execu ed, on he 13 h day o he mon h in which he deed o
inhe i ance was execu ed, on he 4 h day o he mon h in which he deed o
inhe i ance was execu ed. I was no un il 1613 ha he egis e o he will o
Daukos was d awn up, and he ac ual documen was ne e seen. F om he
desc ip ion, i can be seen ha he will i sel was o be ac ed on, o eco ded in, he
book o he cou o he Zemune s cas le on Ma ch 5, 1613, and he ecei ed
ce i ied ansc ip o he deed (wi h he ex o he will i sel o a copy o i ) was
eco ded again on June 4, 1613, o he wise w i en in he book o he Zemune s land
cou . This was he cus oma y p ac ice o no a izing wills in hose days, om
oday's pe spec i e. I is in e es ing o no e ha nei he he will no he
documen s o he Land Cou o 1613 ha e su i ed, so he ex o he Daukos
es amen is no known o anyone in i s en i e y, only he con en s o he pa o
i ha was ela ed o he Babai d a 's insc ip ion o he ela i es, which is no
impo an in his case, so i is no discussed he e in de ail. The da e o Daukša's
dea h in Feb ua y 1613 has no ye been ques ioned, since no la e documen s ha e
been ound men ioning Daukša as ali e a e Jablonski, so he yea men ioned has been well es ablished in he his o iog aphy.
2. unknown 1613-1614 C.E.
DOCUMENTS, MINITY DAUKS[…] This is a lis o all he membe s o he Eu opean Pa liamen .
In 2019-2022 oge he wi h Ži ile Nedzinskai e, by publishing he sou ces o he
College o K aji, s o ed in he A chi es o he F iendship o Jesus in Rome, a a ely
se goal was se o explain no only he pe sonal names, place names o his o ical
ac s men ioned in he ex s (i.e. he ex s o he "paši") bu also he easu es o
he College abo e he pe sonali ies, so in sea ch o a ious documen s o a legal,
inancial and adminis a i e na u e, he a chi es o he College o K aji we e
sea ched. The mos impo an ma e ial o he legal and economic na u e o he
K azy College is cu en ly s o ed in Moscow, in he Russian S a e A chi es o Old
Ac s, well known o his o ians
4 Jablonsky 1973: 163. This is he i s ime ha he Eu opean Pa liamen has o ed in a ou o he epo .
5 In his monog aph on his ac , Ju gis Lebedys un easonably indulged in un ounded conside a ions (see
Lebedys 1963: 143).
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314 Ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXXXVII known o he o me Jesui F iendship
colleges, a e he aboli ion o he F iendship in 1773 belonged o he Republic
Educa ional Commission, o o he Minis y o Educa ion, und No. 1603.
In he ou h olume o his collec ion, among he dozens o olde o
documen s belonging o he o me K ajina Kolegija, he e is olde No. 3315,
which con ains some o he ea lies documen s ela ed o he es ablishmen o
he Kolegija. Among hem a e o iginals, ce i ied copies o simply copies o
a ious documen s. Ano he documen has al eady been published6. In wo
documen s o he a o emen ioned isi , ela ed o he es ablishmen o he
K azy College in 1613-1614, he name Mikalojos Daukšos is also no ed. The i s
documen , da ed Oc obe 15, 1613, ela es o he Ge au iškės Bukan iškės,
which a ha ime belonged o he K ajina Al a y es a es (now he e i o y
o he K ajina Seniūnija), he su eying o he lands, he ma gins and he ca ds. 6 Nedzinskai ė, An ana ičius, pa ., 2019: 49[…]52. This is he i s ime in he his o y o he Eu opean Union ha he Eu opean Pa liamen has o ed in a ou o a esolu ion on he subjec .
7 RGADA 1603-4-3315, p. 16 - . This is he i s ime in he his o y o he Eu opean Union ha he Eu opean Pa liamen has o ed in a ou o his esolu ion.
Kada iš ik ųjų mi ė Mikalojus Daukša?
Insigh s om he Inspec o a e 315

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Kada iš ik ųjų mi ė Mikalojus Daukša?
Insigh s om he Inspec o a e 317
The beginning and he end a e gi en below, and he land i sel , sa ing space, is missed
a he same ime, al hough i gi es a lo o ma e ial o he his o ical place names o
Ge au iški, Bukan iški and he su ounding a eas. In Oc obe o 1613, a he age o
i een, he was bu ied in he ceme e y o he monas e y o his g ea -g and a he ,
Mikołaj Paca, bishop o Żmudzki, in he ceme e y o his g ea -g and a he , Mikołaj
Sawicki, his g ea -g and a he , M . Ma cin Kosie acki, his g ea -g and a he , M .
Helias Zabi da. M Osmieniszka suppo s, in his a ea o he mo gue 6 p ę ów 17. […]
We signed and sealed he signed and sealed documen s wi h he help o hese people.
Melchio Heliaszewicz Gieysz, cus os Vilnensis, plebanus K ozensis, episcopa us
Samogi iae p onounc adminis a o manu p op ia. He is also a membe o he Boa d o
Di ec o s o he Eu opean Ins i u e o Gende Equali y. Mikołaj Dowksza, a conon
wi h his own hand in he middle; Mikołaj Sawicki wi h his own hand; Ma cin Kosie acki
wi h his own hand; Heliasz Dowgi d wi h his hand in his pocke ; Balce ook he own hand.
The second documen , da ed 18 Oc obe 1614, is a lis o he lands o he
a o emen ioned Ge awu ski mano . I begins and ends like his: Inwen a z g un ów
Gin ow yszek olwa ku należącego do al a yi k oskiej na własne ozkazanie jaśnie
wielebnego ks. I begins and ends like his: Inwen a z g un ów Gin ow yszek olwa ku
sany i zwe y ikowany p zy by ności w Bodze wielebnego jm. ks. Mikołaja Dowkszy,
należącego do al a yi k oskiej na własne ozkazanie jaśnie wielebnego ks. Mikołaja
Paca, bishop o Żmujdskiego, he bishop o Mednicki, and M . Mikołaja Sawickiego, he
bishop o Zmujdskiego, he bishop o Mednicki, and M . Mikołaja Sawickiego, he bishop
o Zmujdskiego. M Ma cina Kosie ackiego and his wi e. This is Helias Dawgi da. Łąka Kon iszki is named a e he illage o M . Nabo owskiego, loca ed in Pob as u Upis [ss] in he ole o M . Nabo owskiego, and is named a e M . Zubo akas [?]
[…]
The landlo d and he landlo d's enan ha e signed ou hand and he i e o us ha e
signed ou hand and he i e o us ha e signed ou hand and he i e o us ha e signed
ou hand and he i e o us ha e signed ou hand and he i e o us ha e signed ou
hand. Janowi Jamiołkowskiemu, he ec o o he college o he C oa ian Socie y o
Jesus, we ga e a p esen a ion on he g ea ness o Jesus. he ollowing pa ag aph is
added: Mikołaja Paca, he bishop o Żmujdskiego. Da um in Gin ow iszkach, handed a
housand and six een on he ou een h o Oc obe a eigh o'clock. Mikołaj Dowksza, canon o he mednic, wi h his own hand; I signed Ma cin Kosie acki's own hand; Eliasz Dowgi d wi h his own hand; Mikołaj Sawicki is holding his hand.
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318 o he Li huanian Language Ac LXXXVII
Kada iš ik ųjų mi ė Mikalojus Daukša?
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