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Gediminas who organized the duel with a Tatar and that Chodko rescued Vytenis not from a battlefield but from a hunting accident. The tale survived in the history books until the end of the 19th century when it was rejected as a legend by critically minded historians.
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Chodkiewicz families. Thus it was very favorable to them and served their political interest. It is clear that the Chodkiewicz family wanted to established their noble pedigree since the beginning of the 14th century. More specifically,
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alongside Švitrigaila and was taken prisoner. Most likely that was a different Chodka, who remained loyal to Švitrigaila until 1446. In
February 1434, Chodko Jurewicz witnessed the renewal of the
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176:. She suggested that Chodconi and Chodko were the same person and the mission was the early career of the rising noble. In 1431 Chodko was part of a Lithuanian delegation to
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Hrehory was reminded that the Chodkiewicz family used to be dukes of Kiev. However, this likely referred to rivalry between Hrehory's grandfather
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312:) won the challenge and was generously rewarded by the Grand Duke. Later Chodko, one of the four sons of Borejko, commanded a raid against the
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and not to the ancestral possessions of Chodko. Analysis of estate records indicated that Chodko had possessions in the area of
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was injured. Chodko rescued
Algirdas and tended his wounds. For this deed Chodko was awarded lands between the
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Later writers and historians copied the story from
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was used by Chodko since 1431. It is unclear how he obtained the Polish arms.
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in 1311. The
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against Švitrigaila. On 8 December 1432, Chodka fought in the
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