From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Grand Duchy o Lithuanie wis a European state frae the 13t century[1] till 1795.[2] The state wis foondit bi the Lithuanies, ane o the polytheistic Baltic tribes frae Aukštaitija.[3][4][5]
Grand Duchy o Lithuanie | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
c. 1236–17951 | |||||||||
![]() The Grand Duchy o Lithuanie at the hicht o its pouer in the 15t century, superimponed on modern borders | |||||||||
Status | Pairt o the Polish–Lithuanie Commonweel (1569–1795) | ||||||||
Caipital |
| ||||||||
Common leids | Lithuanie, Ruthenian, Pols, Laitin, German (see § Leids) | ||||||||
Releegion |
| ||||||||
Govrenment |
| ||||||||
Grand Duke | |||||||||
• 1236–1263 (frae 1251 as Keeng) | Mindaugas (first) | ||||||||
• 1764–1795 | Stanisław August Poniatowski (last) | ||||||||
Legislatur | Seimas | ||||||||
• Privy Cooncil | Cooncil o Lairds | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Consolidation began | 1180s | ||||||||
• Kinrick o Lithuanie | 1251–1263 | ||||||||
• Union o Krewo | 14 August 1385 | ||||||||
• Union o Lublin | 1 Julie 1569 | ||||||||
• Third Parteetion | 24 October 1795 | ||||||||
Aurie | |||||||||
1260 | 200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi) | ||||||||
1430 | 930,000 km2 (360,000 sq mi) | ||||||||
1572 | 320,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi) | ||||||||
1791 | 250,000 km2 (97,000 sq mi) | ||||||||
1793 | 132,000 km2 (51,000 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1260 | 400000 | ||||||||
• 1430 | 2500000 | ||||||||
• 1572 | 1710000 | ||||||||
• 1791 | 2500000 | ||||||||
• 1793 | 1800000 | ||||||||
| |||||||||
The day pairt o | |||||||||
1. Unsuccessfu Constitution o Mey 3, 1791 enveesioned a unitary state whaurbi the Grand Duchy would be abolished. |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.