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In English: By the Grace of God, King of the Lithuania. The first mention of a Lithuanian king predates the establishment of the Christian kingdom itself: according to the Livonian Rhymed Chronicle, Mindaugas' father was a great king who "had no equal in his time."
The Kingdom of Lithuania was a sovereign state that existed from the 17 July 1251 until the death of the first crowned king of Lithuania, Mindaugas, on 12 September 1263. [1] Mindaugas was the only Lithuanian monarch crowned king with the assent of the Pope and the head of the first catholic Lithuanian state.
The elected King of Poland was automatically a Grand Duke of Lithuania (until then the Lithuanian dukedom was hereditary). The first common ruler of both countries was Sigismund II Augustus. During the Deluge of the Second Northern War, Lithuania signed the Union of Kėdainiai with the Swedish Empire in 1655, thus de jure ending its union with ...
Mindaugas was the only king of Lithuania; [7] while most of the Lithuanian grand dukes from Jogaila onward also reigned as kings of Poland, the titles remained separate. Now generally considered the founder of the Lithuanian state, he is also now credited with stopping the advance of the Tatars towards the Baltic Sea, establishing international ...
This is a list of Lithuanians, both people of Lithuanian descent and people with the birthplace or citizenship of Lithuania.. Notable Lithuanians (from top, left to right): Lithuanian king Mindaugas; Grand Dukes - Gediminas; Kęstutis; Vytautas; Jogaila; Grand Duchess Barbora Radvilaitė; Grand Hetman of Lithuania Mikolaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł; architect Laurynas Gucevičius; historian Simonas ...
The Lithuanian lords, at a convention in Grodno (on 8-20 April 1576), protested this choice, threatening to break the union and giving themselves the right to choose a separate ruler. [95] However, the king managed to rally the Lithuanian delegation by promising to preserve their rights and freedoms. [94]
Kings of Lithuania (2 P) Pages in category "Monarchs of Lithuania" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Depiction of King Mindaugas. The House of Mindaugas (Lithuanian: Mindaugaičiai) was the first royal family of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, centered on Mindaugas, the first known and undoubted sovereign of Lithuania. He was crowned as King of Lithuania in 1253 and assassinated ten years later.