Gelgaudiškis (pronunciationⓘ) is a town in the Šakiai district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Šakiai. The town is just south of Neman River. Before the end of the 14th century the area of Gelgaudiškis settlement and manor, positioned on the upper bank of Neman, belonged to the Grand Dukes of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1504, King and Grand Duke Aleksander Jagiellon gave it away as a gift to his royal secretary Sapieżyc, progenitor to the szlachta family of Sapieha. Afterwards, the grange belonged to families of Massalski, Dembiński, Oziembłowski, Giełgud, Czartoryski, the Prussian barons Von Keudell, and finally Komar family (till the beginning of World War I). More information...
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