Stanislovas Kęstgaila was the Elder of Samogitia (1527–1532) and castellan of Trakai (1528–1532).
[2] After marriage to Anna, daughter of Stanisław Kiszka, Stanislovas was the wealthiest magnate in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
[2] When Stanislovas was appointed as the Elder of Samogitia in 1527, Grand Duke Sigismund I the Old limited power and income of the elder as 17 valsčius were transferred to Grand Duke's jurisdiction.
[2] After Stanislovas' early death, the office of the Elder of Samogitia was assigned to Piotr Kiszka,[4] who was not a member of the Kęsgaila family, which had the position of Elders of Samogitia for more than a century.
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