Grand Duchy of Lithuania

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The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a powerful medieval and early modern state in Eastern Europe that at its height encompassed vast territories including much of present-day Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, and parts of Poland and Russia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern state
former monarchy
historical state
medieval state
alliance Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
capital Trakai
Vilnius
commonName Lithuania
continent Europe
conventionalLongName Grand Duchy of Lithuania self-link
country Lithuania
currency denar
groschen
endDate 1795
endEvent Third Partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
governmentType feudal monarchy
hereditary monarchy
historicalEra Early Modern period
surface form: Early modern period

High Middle Ages
Late Middle Ages
legalCode Statutes of Lithuania
majorBattle Battle of Grunwald
majorBattleDate 1410
nativeName Grand Duchy of Lithuania self-linksurface differs
surface form: Didžioji Lietuvos Kunigaikštystė

Grand Duke of Lithuania
surface form: Magnus Ducatus Lithuaniae

Grand Duchy of Lithuania self-linksurface differs
surface form: Wielkie Księstwo Litewskie

Grand Duchy of Lithuania self-linksurface differs
surface form: Великое княжество Литовское

Grand Duchy of Lithuania self-linksurface differs
surface form: Вялікае Княства Літоўскае
notableRuler Algirdas
Gediminas
Jogaila
Mindaugas
Vytautas the Great
officialLanguage Latin
Lithuanian
Polish
Ruthenian
partOf Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
peakTerritorialExtent 15th century
politicalSystem nobility-based estate system
predecessor Lithuanian tribal lands
region Eastern Europe
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Roman Catholicism
paganism
rulerTitle Grand Duke of Lithuania
startDate c. 1236
startEvent unification of Lithuanian lands under Mindaugas
successor Habsburg monarchy NERFINISHED
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Russian Empire
territoryIncludes large parts of present-day Ukraine
parts of present-day Poland
parts of present-day Russia
present-day Belarus
present-day Lithuania
unionEvent Union of Krewo
Union of Lublin
unionEventDate 1385
1569
unionWith Kingdom of Poland

Referenced by (30)

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Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia borderedBy Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Ivan III of Russia conflict Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Muscovy conflictWith Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Lithuania conventionalLongName Grand Duchy of Lithuania self-link
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth country Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Hrodna countryDuring Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Sigismund II Augustus countryOfCitizenship Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Jagiellonian dynasty countryOfOrigin Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Jagiellonian dynasty dynasticUnionWith Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Gomel historicalAffiliation Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Lithuania historicalEntityPredecessor Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church historicalRegion Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Minsk historicalRegion Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Vitebsk historicalRegion Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Podlasie historicalRegionOf Grand Duchy of Lithuania
East Slavs historicalState Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Belarusians historicallyPartOf Grand Duchy of Lithuania
subject surface form: Lutsk Conference of 1429
Sigismund II Augustus monarchOf Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Lithuania nativeName Grand Duchy of Lithuania self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Didžioji Lietuvos Kunigaikštystė
Grand Duchy of Lithuania nativeName Grand Duchy of Lithuania self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Вялікае Княства Літоўскае
Grand Duchy of Lithuania nativeName Grand Duchy of Lithuania self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Великое княжество Литовское
Grand Duchy of Lithuania nativeName Grand Duchy of Lithuania self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Wielkie Księstwo Litewskie
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth predecessor Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Wilno region Grand Duchy of Lithuania
this entity surface form: historical Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Jagiellonian dynasty ruled Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia succeededBy Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Golden Horde tributaryState Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Lutsk wasPartOf Grand Duchy of Lithuania