Goštautas died on 18 December 1542, leaving some of his family fortune to his wife, who later might have passed it on to her branch of the Radziwiłł family, while the bulk of his estates was taken by the Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund II Augustus, as a matter of sovereign's right.
Goštautas' death in 1542 led to a division of his assets: some went to his wife, who may have passed them on to her family, while the rest was taken by Grand Duke Sigismund II Augustus, as per the ruler's right.