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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)

Sources

Wikipedia: Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Mindaugas, Lithuanian Crusade, Gediminids, Lithuanian Civil War, Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars