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signed by Poland–Lithuania; 1704–1706 Civil war in Poland (1704–1706) (part of the Great Northern War) Warsaw Confederation Supported by: Swedish Empire: Sandomierz Confederation Supported by: Tsardom of Russia: Warsaw Confederation victory Treaty of Altranstädt; 1733–1738 War of the Polish Succession: Poland loyal to Stanisław I ...
Map showing campaigns in Livonia, 1558–1560. File:Map of Poland and Lithuania after the Union of Lublin (1569).svg: Large SVG: Map of the w:Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after the Union of Lublin in 1569. File:Livonian war map (1570-1577).svg: Small SVG: Map showing areas of Russian and Polish-Lithuanian forces, 1570–1577.
Map showing campaigns in Livonia, 1558–1560. File:Map of Poland and Lithuania after the Union of Lublin (1569).svg: Large SVG: Map of the w:Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after the Union of Lublin in 1569. File:Livonian war map (1570-1577).svg: Small SVG: Map showing areas of Russian and Polish-Lithuanian forces, 1570–1577.
"A map of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania including Samogitia and Curland divided according to their dismemberments with the Kingdom of Prussia" from 1799. During the Napoleonic Wars and in their immediate aftermath the borders between partitioning powers shifted several times, changing the numbers seen in the preceding ...
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, [b] formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania [c] and also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic, [d] [9] [10] was a federative real union [11] between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, existing from 1569 to 1795.
This is a list of wars, armed conflicts and rebellions involving Lithuania throughout its history as a kingdom (1251–1263), grand duchy (1236–1251; 1263–1795, although part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during 1569–1795) and a modern republic (1918–1940; 1990 – present), including as well the uprisings of the 19th and 20th centuries to recreate Lithuanian statehood.
The name comes from Jogaila (), the first Grand Duke of Lithuania to become King of Poland.In Polish, the dynasty is known as Jagiellonowie and the patronymic form: Jagiellończyk; in Lithuanian it is called Jogailaičiai, in Belarusian Яґайлавічы (Jagajłavičy), in Hungarian Jagelló, and in Czech Jagellonci, as well as Jagello or Jagellon in Latin.
Polish nobles crowned Hungarian Jadwiga of Poland as their king and invited Lithuanian Jogaila to become her husband. Jadwiga and Jogaila signed the Union of Krewo in 1385, creating a personal union between Poland and Lithuania. In 1387, Jadwiga attached Galicia to Poland for good. [1] Liubartas died ca. 1384 and his throne was inherited by his ...