Grand Duchy o Lithuanie
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 | |||||||||
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| c. 1236–17951 | |||||||||
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 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 |
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| 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 | ||||||||
| 1251–1263 | |||||||||
| 14 August 1385 | |||||||||
| 1 Julie 1569 | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
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1. Unsuccessfu Constitution o Mey 3, 1791 enveesioned a unitary state whaurbi the Grand Duchy would be abolished. | |||||||||
References
eedit- ↑ Baranauskas, Tomas (2000). "Lietuvos valstybės ištakos" [The Lithuanian State] (in Lithuanie). Vilnius: viduramziu.istorija.net. Archived frae the original on 29 September 2016. Retrieved 20 Julie 2016.
- ↑ Sužiedėlis, Saulius. Historical dictionary of Lithuania (2nd ed.). Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-8108-4914-3.
- ↑ Rowell S.C. Lithuania Ascending: A pagan empire within east-central Europe, 1295-1345. Cambridge, 1994. p.289-290
- ↑ Ch. Allmand, The New Cambridge Medieval History. Cambridge, 1998, p. 731.
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica. Grand Duchy of Lithuania