Hieraniony

Hieraniony was a seat of the Goštautas family in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1433 Sigismund Kęstutaitis granted the settlement to Jonas Goštautas; his descendant Albertas built a castle and founded a church here in 1519. Barbara Radziwiłł, later queen of Poland and grand duchess of Lithuania, lived here from 1538 to 1542. The estate then passed to King Sigismund the Old and became a royal town. Lithuanian nobles held several assemblies here during the interregnum of 1575.