▁as ▁their ▁names ▁consisted ▁of ▁two ▁st ems . ▁Gre ater ▁noble ▁families ▁generally ▁used ▁their ▁prede cess or ' s ▁Lith uan ian ▁pag an ▁given ▁names ▁as ▁their ▁family ▁names ; ▁this ▁was ▁the ▁case ▁with ▁Go š ta ut ai , ▁Rad vil os , ▁Ast ikai , ▁K ę sg ail os ▁and ▁others . ▁Those ▁families ▁acquired ▁great ▁wealth , ▁eventually ▁becoming ▁magn ates . ▁ ▁Their ▁represent atives ▁are ▁respectively ▁Jon as ▁Go š ta ut as , ▁Rad v ila ▁Ast ik as , ▁Krist inas ▁Ast ik as ▁and ▁My kol as ▁K ę sg ail a . ▁The ▁a for ement ioned ▁families ▁were ▁granted ▁corresponding ▁Polish ▁co ats ▁of ▁arms ▁under ▁the ▁Union ▁of ▁Hor od lo ▁in ▁ 1 4 1 3 . ▁ ▁While ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁the ▁nob ility ▁was ▁almost ▁all ▁Lith uan ian , ▁with ▁territorial ▁expansion ▁more ▁Ruth en ian ▁families ▁joined ▁Lith uan ian ▁nob ility . ▁As ▁early ▁as ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century , ▁several ▁Ruth en ian ▁noble ▁families ▁began ▁to ▁call ▁themselves ▁g ente ▁Ruth en us , ▁nation e ▁Lith uan us . ▁A ▁good ▁example ▁is ▁the ▁Ch od k iew icz ▁family , ▁which ▁attributed ▁its ▁ancest ry ▁to ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Ged imin as . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁military ▁census ▁of ▁ 1 5 2 8 , ▁eth nic ▁Lith uan ian ▁lands ▁had ▁ 5 7 3 0 ▁hors emen , ▁whereas ▁the ▁army ▁of