Jurgis Astikas Explained

Jurgis Astikas
Death Date:1579
Death Place:Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Birth Date:1530
Father:Jurgis Stanislovas Astikaitis
Caption:Coat of Arms of the Astikai family
House:Astikai
Succession:Starost of Braslaw
Reign:1558–1579
Succession1:Voivode of Mstsislaw
Reign1:1566–1579
Successor1:Povilas Pacas
Succession2:Voivode of Smolensk
Reign2:1578–1579
Predecessor2:Grigalius Valavičius
Successor2:Filon Kmita
Religion:Calvinist

Jurgis Astikas or Jurgis Astikaitis (1530–1579) was a Lithuanian nobleman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and a member of the noble Astikai family. He participated in the Livonian War and signing of the election of king Henry of Valois after the death of king Sigismund Augustus in 1572. Jurgis was executed in Lithuania in 1579 under suspicions of plotting to assassinate king Stephen Báthory. Jurgis did not leave any descendants.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Astikai . Visuotinė Lietuvių Enciklopedija.
  2. Book: Pashkov . GP . Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Encyclopedia . 2007 . 978-985-11-0393-1.