Because of that, the town was disputed by both the Kingdom of Poland, Duchy of Mazovia and the Duchy of Lithuania, with the latter state briefly gaining the upper hand.
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Other owners of the town also expanded the small castle, the most notable of them being Prince Michał Gliński, Mikołaj Radziwiłł and Zygmunt August, the future king of Poland.
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The first mention dates back to August 14, 1358, when a chronicler noted Goniądz as a seat of a powiat within the land of Wizna.