Monday, July 7, 2025

Collection of facts about the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

This post is a collection of facts about the Grandy Duchy of Lithuania (c. 1236 - 1795). There are 11 facts listed below.

  • Formed by Lithuanian Baltic tribes
  • Existed as Kingdom of Lithuania (1251-1263)
  • Occupied parts of Belarus, Lithuania, Ukraine, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Russia
  • Lithuanian Crusade (1283-1422)
  • Ruled by Gediminid and Jagiellonian dynasties (14th - 16th centuries)
  • Union of Krewo with the Kingdom of Poland (1386)
  • Lithuanian Civil War (1389-1392)
  • Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars (15th - 16th centuries)
  • Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth established (1569)
  • Constitution of 3 May 1791
  • Partitioned by Russia, Prussia and Austria (1795)

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