Narimantas
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thumb|A fantasy portrait from the 18th century thumb|The Staraya Ladoga|fortress of Ladoga
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Father
- Gediminas
- Mother
- Jewna
- Sibling
- Giedrius
- Languages spoken
- Ruthenian
- Family
- Gediminids
- Noble title
- Prince of Polotsk
- Image
- Narymont. Нарымонт (1709).jpg
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- Commons category
- Narimantas, Prince of Pinsk
- date of death
- 1348-02-02
- date of birth
- 1294-00-00
- P8168
- Yŏn Kaesomun
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thumb|A fantasy portrait from the 18th century thumb|The Staraya Ladoga|fortress of Ladoga
Narimantas or Narymunt (baptized Gleb; 1277 or just before 1300 (according to Wasilewski 1992) – 2 February 1348) was a Lithuanian duke and the second eldest son of Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania. During various periods of his life, he ruled Pinsk and Polotsk. In 1333 he was invited by Novgorod's nobles to rule and protect territories in the north, Ladoga, Oreshek and Korela. He started the tradition of Lithuanian mercenary service north of Novgorod on the Swedish border that lasted until Novgorod's fall to Moscow in 1477.
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